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 tale of Ike Skelton s determined journey from the small town of Lexington, Missouri, to Capitol Hill.
During his years in the U.S. House...