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02528aam a22003977i 4500 001 E3585FB808AF11E8917D353297128E48 003 SILO 005 20180203010014 008 161215s2016 oru b 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2016499206 020 $a 1498282318 020 $a 9781498282314 020 $a 1498282296 020 $a 9781498282291 035 $a (OCoLC)953746415 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d TEF $d OCLCF $d IBI $d GCD $d GZM $d DAC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d TCJ $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat 050 00 $a RC424 $b .M38 2016 082 00 $a 616.85/54 $2 23 100 1 $a McDermott, Gerald R., $e author. 245 10 $a Famous stutterers : $b twelve inspiring people who achieved great things while struggling with an impediment / $c Gerald R. McDermott. 264 1 $a Eugene, Oregon : $b Cascade Books, $c [2016] 300 $a xvi, 141 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141). 505 0 $a Heavy of tongue : Moses -- Hindered in speech : Aristotle -- The stutterer who wasn't : Demosthenes -- Civil War hero : Joshua Chamberlain -- The king who gave "The Speech" : George VI -- The strange roar of "The Last Lion" : Winston Churchill -- It's painful : Marilyn Monroe -- Historian and international lecturer : Peter Brown -- Award-winning TV journalist : John Stossel -- Astronaut's wife with the right stuff : Annie Glenn -- ABC News correspondent : Byron Pitts -- America's "last true man of letters" : John Updike -- Twelve lessons for stutterers (and the rest of us). 520 $a "Moses, Aristotle, Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain, King George VI, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, distinguished historian Peter Brown, TV journalist John Stossel, Senator's wife Annie Glenn, ABC correspondent Byron Pitts, novelist John Updike. For all of these accomplished persons, stuttering was an enormous difficulty. None had a sure-fire remedy. Most had to blunder and stumble through. The persistence and courage they displayed tells us that there might be ways we too can survive and achieve--despite our own difficulties."-- Back cover. 650 0 $a Stutterers $v Biography. 650 0 $a Stuttering 650 7 $a Stutterers $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01136289 650 7 $a Stuttering $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01136290 655 7 $a Biography $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 941 $a 2 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829014204.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20181010012525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E3585FB808AF11E8917D353297128E48 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search