Research Catalog

Title

Hope unseen : the story of the U.S. Army's first blind active-duty officer / Scotty Smiley ; with Doug Crandall.

Author

Smiley, Scotty

Publication

New York, NY : Howard Books, 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Crandall, Doug, 1971-

Description

xi, 243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Blindness became Captain Scotty Smiley's journey of supreme testing. As he lay helpless in the hospital, he resented the theft of his dreams, becoming a CEO, a Delta Force operator, or a four-star general. With his wife Tiffany's love and the support of his family and friends, Scotty's response became God's transforming moment. The injury only intensified his indomitable spirit. Since the moment he jumped out of a hospital bed and forced his way through nurses and cords to take a simple shower, Captain Scotty Smiley has climbed Mount Rainier, won an ESPY as Best Outdoor Athlete, surfed, skydived, become a father, earned an MBA from Duke, taught leadership at West Point, commanded an army company, and won the MacArthur Leadership Award. Scotty and Tiffany Smiley have lived out a faith so real that it will inspire you to question your own doubts, push you to serve something bigger than yourself, and encourage you to cling to a Hope Unseen.

Subject

• Smiley, Scotty
• 2003-2011
• Visually Impaired Persons
• Veterans
• Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Christian biography > United States
• Blind > United States > Biography
• War wounds > Patients > United States > Biography
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Veterans > United States > Biography
• Christianity
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Autobiography
• Veterans > United States > Autobiography
• Visually Impaired Persons > United States > Autobiography
• United States

Genre/Form

• Autobiography
• Christian biography.
• Autobiography.
• Biographies

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Sighted world. Dependence Day ; Summer freckles ; No news ; At six ; Winning hearts ; Inside Narnia ; Gray Opel -- The interim. Forever black ; Inner strength ; One squeeze ; Some soldier ; Medical retirement ; Ranger school ; For worse ; Andrew Harris ; Holding on -- Blind world. Lost ; North Shore ; Home ocean ; Connected dots ; Speaking opportunities ; Alma mater ; Our calling ; Mixed emotions ; Above water ; Every day ; Journey line ; A story.

ISBN

• 9781439183793
• 1439183791
• 9781439186824 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 1439186820 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2010021737

OCLC

• 464593450
• SCSB-12640264

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library