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Achieve the Honorable : a Missouri Congressman's Journey from Warm Springs to Washington / Ike Skelton

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Skelton, Ike, 1931-2013
Published
Columbia : The State Historical Society of Missouri ; Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
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Contents
A wreck in Iraq -- Roots -- A sound from the sky -- Polio and Warm Springs -- Finishing third, and winning -- Dad -- College years -- The law, Dewey, and Gene -- Susie -- Mr. Truman -- Memorable courtroom moments -- Back into politics -- Building a more effective military -- Missouri and the military -- Into a new world -- Attack on America -- Chairman -- Tuesday tsunami of 2010 -- Last Veterans Day salute -- Into the future -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. My strong right arm ; My national security book list ; "Tree honors Skelton's wife," October 21, 2005 ; Letter to the president regarding Iraq ; Brother Boone's marriage service.
Summary
Growing up during the Great Depression and World War II, Ike Skelton dreamed of joining the military. That dream was shattered when he contracted one of the most dreaded diseases of the era: polio. Far from abandoning hope, Skelton, after treatment at Warm Springs, Georgia, overcame his disability and went on to become a college athlete, a celebrated lawyer, a Missouri state senator, and a U.S. Congressman. This book recounts the deeply personal tale of Ike Skelton's determined journey from the small town of Lexington, Missouri, to Capitol Hill.
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ISBN
0809332841 (electronic bk.)
9780809332847 (electronic bk.)
9780809332830 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0809332833 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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