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

Published Columbia : The State Historical Society of Missouri ; Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Skelton, Ike, 1931-2013. SUBJECT Skelton, Ike, 1931-2013 fast Subject United States. Congress. House -- Biography SUBJECT United States. Congress. House fast Subject Legislators -- United States -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch. Legislators Politics and government SUBJECT Missouri -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85086230 Subject Missouri United States Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 0809332841 9780809332847

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