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Congressman Jerry L Pettis: His Story / Wood, Miriam / (PB/1977-1977/B/USED)

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35000000309-000800

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*Condition Note: Book is clean and gently used. There is a spine split inside, but the book is still very much intact*

 

How could a small-town Arizona lad, reared in poverty at the height of the Great Depression, grow up to become the first Seventh-day Adventist U.S. congressman? To begin with, he could invent a bookrack to be attached to the back of a cow that is being milked--and then he could , while milking the cow, read his way into intellectual prominence. And he could double his hours of daily labor so as to earn his way through college in five years.

Along with Jerry's obsession with progress went a notable personal charisma that opened doors to aviation, to financial success, to a university appointment, to public relations expertise, and to Congress--to say nothing of love and marriage, adeptness at sports of almost every kind, and a coolness under terrific pressures.

Even the final tragedy that brought Jerry's life to an untimely end carried with it an aura of nobility--but you will have to read about it all. Miriam Wood, a classmate of Jerry's at Pacific Union College, here traces the dynamics and the milestones of one of the outstanding men of our times--Jerry Pettis, Congressman.

 

CONTENTS

1 Boy in a Hurry
2 Jerry on Campus
3 Ending of College Beginning of the Legend
4 Minister, Teacher, Aviator
5 Businessman
6 The Congressman
7 The Last Homecoming
Appendix

 

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Other Details

Binding:
Paperback
Copyright:
1977
Printed:
1977
Pages:
128
Publisher:
Pacific Press Publishing Association
Condition:
B

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