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100 1 _aSkelton, Ike,
_d1931-2013.
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245 1 0 _aAchieve the honorable
_ba Missouri congressman's journey from Warm Springs to Washington /
_cIke Skelton.
260 _aColumbia :
_bThe State Historical Society of Missouri ;
_c(c)2013.
260 _aCarbondale :
_bSouthern Illinois University Press,
_c(c)2013.
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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505 0 0 _aA wreck in Iraq --
_tRoots --
_tA sound from the sky --
_tPolio and Warm Springs --
_tFinishing third, and winning --
_tDad --
_tCollege years --
_tThe law, Dewey, and Gene --
_tSusie --
_tMr. Truman --
_tMemorable courtroom moments --
_tBack into politics --
_tBuilding a more effective military --
_tMissouri and the military --
_tInto a new world --
_tAttack on America --
_tChairman --
_tTuesday tsunami of 2010 --
_tLast Veterans Day salute --
_tInto the future --
_tEpilogue --
_tAppendixes --
_tMy strong right arm --
_tMy national security book list --
_t"Tree honors Skelton's wife," October 21, 2005 --
_tLetter to the president regarding Iraq --
_tBrother Boone's wedding service.
520 0 _aGrowing 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. Achieve the Honorable is the deeply personal tale of Ike Skelton's determined journey from the small town of Lexington, Missouri, to Capitol Hill. During his years in the U.S.
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600 1 0 _aSkelton, Ike,
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610 1 0 _aUnited States.
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650 0 _aLegislators
_zUnited States
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655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=649597&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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