Achieve the honorable [electronic resource] : a Missouri congressman's journey from Warm Springs to Washington / Ike Skelton.
Material type: TextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780809332847
- 0809332841
- 328.73/092 B 23
- E840.8.S5495 A3 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 wedding service.
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