McEldowney, Dennis

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COVER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE -- 1. Genesis -- 2. Joseph needs protection -- 3. McCormick's plans -- 4. Sorrenson's vision -- 5. Search for an editor -- PART TWO -- 1. The Editor arrives -- 2. Learning on the job -- 3. Finding books -- 4. Rexcourt -- 5. A guerril…

First published in 1957, The World Regained describes Dennis McEldowney's increasing disability caused by a congenital heart condition, the operation at Green Lane Hospital in 1950 that relieved this condition, and the mixed emotions he felt upon rediscovering the outside world.…

Dennis McEldowney was born with a heart condition in 1926 which was usually fatal. However, he was an exception, and after a restricted, but otherwise normal childhood, increasing breathlessness closed in, until he was confined to his bedroom. At the age of 24 he was able to hav…