02846cam a2200469 i 4500 551460158 TxAuBib 20161010120000.0 160527s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016024191 9781683240969 hardcover : alk. paper 1683240960 hardcover : alk. paper (OCoLC)950901771 TxAuBib rda Mills, Travis. Tough as they come / Travis Mills with Marcus Brotherton ; foreward by Gary Sinise. Center Point Large Print edition hardcover. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, [2016] 384 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: New York : Convergent Books, 2015. Thousands of soldiers die every year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in and IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost - Travis became only one of five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, stroke his fingers against his wife's cheek, or pick up his infant daughter. Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation to that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest. With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school. (from back cover). 20161010. Mills, Travis. United States Army Airborne Division, 82nd. Afghan War (2001.) Afghan War, 2001- Personal narratives, American. Disabled veterans United States Biography. Disabled veterans. Amputees United States Biography. Amputees. Soldiers United States Biography. Soldiers. Large type books. Biography. United States. Personal narratives American. Brotherton, Marcus, author. Sinise, Gary, writer of foreword.