Reflections of a peacemaker: a portrait through heartsongs

Reflections of a peacemaker: a portrait through heartsongs

Mattie J. T. Stepanek

Jennifer Smith Stepanek (editor)

Mattie J. T. Stepanek lived and died a child, but he had the spirit of a giant. Affected by a rare and fatal neuromuscular disease, Mattie lived almost fourteen years but in that time became a poet, best-selling author, peace activist, and a prominent voice for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Before his death in June 2004, his five volumes of Heartsongs poetry sold more than a million copies. Reflections of a Peacemaker: A Portrait Through Heartsongs is the final collection of Heartsongs that Mattie was working on when he died. It includes the last poem Mattie penned along with a special collection of unpublished poetry, photographs, and artwork spanning the decade from when he began writing Heartsongs at age three. Culled from the thousands of poems, essays, and journal entries Mattie left behind, the entries in Reflections of a Peacemaker create a portrait of Mattie in his own words.

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Copyright 2005

English

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ISBN: 0740756257
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SKU: 2021Wri27
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Children's writings, American.
Muscular Dystrophy -- Patients -- Poetry.
Muscular Dystrophy -- Patients.