{"title":"Peter Dunlap-Shohl","description":"Peter Dunlap-Shohl worked as a cartoonist for the Anchorage Daily News for more than twenty-five years. His journey with Parkinson's was recently featured in the PBS documentary Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's. He writes about living with the disease on his blogs, Frozen Grin and Off \u0026amp; On: The Alaska Parkinson's Rag. He is also the author of Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive, available from Graphic Mundi. He and his wife Pam divide their time between Alaska and eastern Washington state.","products":[{"product_id":"my-degeneration-a-journey-through-parkinsons-paperback","title":"My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson's - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThey say, \"It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.\" Peter Dunlap-Shohl counters, \"Why not do both?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of forty-three, former \u003ci\u003eAnchorage Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e staff cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a disorder that, among other things, can rob a person of their ability to speak or write and degrades their ability to deal with complexity. In \u003ci\u003eMy Degeneration\u003c\/i\u003e, Dunlap-Shohl recounts his attempt to come to grips with the \"malicious whimsy\" of this chronic, progressive, and disabling disorder with his characteristic humor and passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis graphic novel tracks the author's journey through depression, juggling medications and weathering their side effects, the impact of the diagnosis on his personal relationships, and the raft of mental and physical changes wrought by the disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut\u003ci\u003e My Degeneration\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a memoir--Dunlap-Shohl gives the person newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease the information necessary to cope with it on a day-to-day basis. He chronicles the changes that life with the disorder can bring to the way one sees the world and the way one is seen by the wider community. Above all, Dunlap-Shohl imparts a realistic basis for hope--hope not only to carry on but to enjoy a decent quality of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51364977606879,"sku":"9781637790892","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/al5OeGvbVe9781637790892.webp?v=1789055656"},{"product_id":"nuking-alaska-notes-of-an-atomic-fugitive-paperback","title":"Nuking Alaska: Notes of an Atomic Fugitive - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAs if, in mid-century Alaska, you needed more ways to die.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the creator of the critically acclaimed graphic novel \u003ci\u003eMy Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson's \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an unnervingly funny tale of life in Alaska during the tensest times of the Cold War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Dunlap-Shohl grew up on the front lines of the Cold War in the 1950s and '60s, where Alaska residents lived in the shadow of a nuclear arsenal nine times the size of the Soviet Union's. This graphic novel recounts the surprising and tragicomic details of the nuclear threats faced by Alaskans, including Project Chariot, championed by Edward Teller and his \"firecracker boys\" in the late 1950s and early '60s; the nearly nuclear disaster caused by the Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964; and the 1971 test of a nuclear warhead on the island of Amchitka. Dunlap-Shohl shares the terrible consequences that these events and others had for humans and animals alike, all in the service of \"atoms for peace.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn with Dunlap-Shohl's characteristic editorial cartooning style, \u003ci\u003eNuking Alaska \u003c\/i\u003eis a fast-paced reminder of how close we came to total annihilation just a half century ago--and how terribly relevant the nuclear threat remains to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369498673375,"sku":"9781637790472","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/2zln7RbZuq9781637790472.webp?v=1789142500"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/peter-dunlap-shohl.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}