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

by 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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809332833
• ISBN13: 9780809332830
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"