Bill Buchanan wrote a full length biography of Baker called A Shining Season. A TV movie based on the book was created in 1979. John Baker was told he had 6 months to live, at the time of diagnosis. Through his determination, he lived a year and a half after diagnosis.
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“we, in
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—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)