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Sunrise Over Appalachia | 
 enlarge | Author: Cecil Cline
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1516251
Media: Paperback
Pages: 232
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1598582054
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781598582055
ASIN: 1598582054
Publication Date: August 25, 2006
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Product Description
A young man from an isolated hollow of Appalachia struggles to overcome his parents cultural resistance to education and the reality of poverty to fulfill a childhood dream of a university education. This book narrates his struggles with the overwhelming odds he fought to achieve his dream and conquer his personal conflicts. His lack of confidence and his inability to meet the necessary financial needs were compounded by the constant emotional struggle with his father over his passion to achieve this seemingly impossible dream. After suffering devastating combat injuries in the Korean War and extensive surgical recovery, and without the benefit of the required high school diploma, he found himself enrolled in a major Midwestern university. Early in his university experience he was led to put his faith and trust in Jesus Christ. This book narrates the story of how he achieved his dream and became one of the top aerospace manufacturing engineers in the country and a successful businessman. You will be inspired as you read the story of a victorious and rewarding life based on his trust in the wisdom of God to direct his actions. The author was born in one of the many isolated hollows of Appalachia, the third of 12 children of a coal miner who did not sympathize with his son's dream of a university education. He received his engineering degree from The Ohio State University at the age of 29 and worked for several years in our country's space program. He is retired and lives in Mooresville, North Carolina with his wife Becky. He has made mission trips to Germany and Sri Lanka and is presently involved in volunteer disaster recovery work in the hurricane ravaged coastal area of Mississippi.
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Very insperational November 24, 2006
This book showed me how important it is to get an education. How easy that it is for us these days. I never knew that it was that hard for people back than to get it. It makes me feel that I have no excuse to not go to college and be what ever I want to be. I have my parents help and they want me to go. I was very glad that I read this book. It also showed me how people lived back in those days, we really have it easy compared to them. I think all kids should read this book.
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