TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ring,David
AU  - Wideman,David
AU  - Driver,John
TI  - The boy born dead: a story of friendship, courage, and triumph 
SN  - 9780801017308 (pbk.)
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Baker Books
KW  - Ring, David,
KW  - Christian biography
KW  - Missouri
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Cerebral palsied
KW  - Biography
N2  - "In 1953, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, a baby boy was born--dead. The attending physician set his little body aside and tended to his mother for eighteen minutes. Now, more than sixty years later, that boy leads an internationally known ministry that encourages hundreds of thousands every year. The Boy Born Dead traces the roots of this harrowing, humorous, and heartfelt story ... the real-life events of David Ring--a boy literally born dead who survives but not without sobering consequences. Living with the harsh realities of cerebral palsy, Ring faces impossible odds yet stumbles into an improbable life of inspiration and influence in the small, unassuming town of Liberty, Missouri, in the 1960s. As a teenage boy, Ring finds himself tragically orphaned and being shuffled about to various homes. Along this journey, he faces secret, unspeakable atrocities that eventually plunge him into the depths of depression and attempted suicide. But amid the harsh troubles of life, he encounters another boy his age named David, the son of a local pastor. Their unlikely friendship begins on the rocks, but eventually develops into something extraordinary and unique that alters the trajectory of both of their lives--and the whole town of Liberty--forever"--Publisher's description
ER  -