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Skelton Ike <1931-2013.> |
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Achieve the honorable : a Missouri congressman's journey from Warm Springs to Washington / / Ike Skelton |
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Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Legislators - United States |
Missouri Politics and government 1951- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Jacket Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Frontispiece; Contents; A Note; Acknowledgments; 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; Gallery of Illustrations #1; Memorable Courtroom Moments; Back into Politics; Building a More Effective Military; Missouri and the Military; Into a New World; Gallery of Illustrations #2; Attack on America; Chairman; Tuesday Tsunami of 2010; One Last Veterans Day Salute; Into the Future; Epilogue; Appendixes - Index. |
Appendix A: My Strong Right ArmAppendix B: My National Security Book List; Appendix C: "Tree Honors Skelton's Wife," October 21, 2005; Appendix D: Letter to the President regarding Iraq; Appendix E: Brother Boone's Marriage Service; Index; Back Cover. |
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