Famous Stutterers: Twelve Inspiring People Who Achieved Great Things While Struggling with an Impediment

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.

Author: Gerald R. McDermott
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 10/12/2016
Pages: 158
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781498282314

About the Author
Gerald R. McDermott is Anglican Chair of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. He is the author or editor of seventeen books. He is also a stutterer.