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

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

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 a...

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Main Author: Skelton, Ike, 1931-2013
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia : Carbondale : The State Historical Society of Missouri ; Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Skelton, Ike, > 1931-2013.
Skelton, Ike, > 1931-2013
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
Since 1951
Legislators > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators
Politics and government
Missouri > Politics and government > 1951-
Missouri
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0809332841
9780809332847
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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