Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141).
Contents:
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).
Summary:
"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.
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