by Dan Brannon $19.95, 158 pages, soft cover "Boy Giant" is a biography about Robert Pershing Wadlow, who grew to 8-foot-11½ inches and was the tallest man to ever walk the face of the earth. "Boy Giant" is written by Dan Brannan, executive editor of The Telegraph newspaper in Alton, Illinois. Robert was the world’s tallest man, but also a kind, thoughtful, spiritual person. He was a successful student, a Boy Scout, and member of the Order of DeMolay, Main Street Methodist Church, and Franklin Masonic Lodge in Alton. He attended Shurtleff College for one year but realized that the campus in the winter was to difficult to navigate. While on a tour with the International Shoe Company at the age of 22 Wadlow developed an infection in his foot and one week later he died in Manistee, Michigan. Wadlow’s funeral was attended by some 30,000 people. Wadlow’s parents buried their son’s body under a vault of concrete because of fears his body would be taken and examined for medical research. |