Side-Yard Superhero: Life Lessons from an Unlikely Teacher (complete book on 1 MP3 CD)

Niece Ph.D., Rick

ISBN 10: 1589850971 / ISBN 13: 9781589850972

Published by Five Star Publications, Inc., 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Side-Yard Superhero: Life Lessons from an Unlikely Teacher (complete book on 1 MP3 CD)
• Publisher: Five Star Publications, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589850971
• ISBN 13: 9781589850972
• Binding: MP3 CD
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Although life's journey takes him far from his childhood home, Rick D. Niece, Ph.D., never forgets the people he meets and the lessons he learns as a young man growing up in picturesque DeGraff, Ohio, population 900. A small-town newspaper boy who becomes a lifelong educator himself, Dr. Niece is deeply touched by the endearing residents of DeGraff who shaped his youth, especially Bernie Jones. Confined to a wheelchair with severe cerebral palsy, Bernie becomes Ricki's friend, inspiration and superhero, opening a world of compassion, trust and adventure to them both. When he leaves DeGraff to attend Ohio State University, Rick promises Bernie that he will visit him again. Unfortunately, when Bernie s parents pass away, Bernie disappears, too, taken in by a distant relative. Forty years later, Rick learns that his boyhood friend is living in a nursing home. Returning to Ohio, he visits the never-to-be-forgotten Bernie Jones of a childhood long past and a promise finally kept. Complete book on 1 MP3 CD.

About the Author

Growing up in picturesque DeGraff, Ohio, Rick D. Niece, Ph.D., was influenced by many endearing friends and neighbors who taught him the important life lessons that shaped his future. Considering himself a small-town boy who has maintained his small-town values, Dr. Niece shares his carefully pocketed memories with fond nostalgia. His professional expertise spanning more than 40 years, Niece has served as a classroom teacher, a public school administrator and a university professor, provost and president. Since 1997, he and his wife, Sheree, have served as President and First Lady of the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, where they are the proud "parents" of 630 students.