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Mishler, William. A Measure of Endurance: the Unlikely Triumph of Steven Sharp.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Sept, 2003. 320p. illus. Knopf, $24 (0-375-41133-X). 346.79503.
At 16 years o/d, Steven Sharp was horribly injured in a machinery accident in his rural farming community in eastern Oregon. On the last day of his summer job at a local ranch, Sharp stopped to inspect the huge hay baler he had been operating. The machine suddenly turned itself on, catching his hands and, finally, severing his arms. The bucolic community, used to farm-machinery accidents, accepted Sharp's misfortune as a tragic fact of life. ...
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