Staying With It Role Models of Perseverance

Year 1999
Pages 304

Worth buying if: You enjoy general-interest books centered on perseverance and exemplary lives.

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Summary

Published in 1999 by Friends of the Finger Lakes Pub, this 304-page general-interest book focuses on perseverance and role models who embody it.

Why this book now

A book about perseverance can speak to anyone weighing whether a difficult effort deserves another try.

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Emerson Klees’s Staying With It: Role Models of Perseverance examines perseverance through the people held up as examples.

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Good fit if you want...

  • You enjoy general-interest books centered on perseverance and exemplary lives.
  • You prefer a substantial nonfiction read organized around the idea of staying with a challenge.

Maybe skip if...

  • You are looking for fiction, a tightly defined academic study, or a contemporary 2026–2027 perspective.
  • You prefer books driven by one narrow subject rather than the broad theme of perseverance.
  • You only want something with very current references and examples.

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resolute reflective encouraging principled Medium length

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Skip it if: You are looking for fiction, a tightly defined academic study, or a contemporary 2026–2027 perspective.

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Reading commitment

Balanced Moderate time

At 304 pages, this is a substantial general-interest read that calls for sustained attention to its perseverance theme.

What stands out here

This catalog record identifies the 1999 Friends of the Finger Lakes Pub. edition in a 304-page format.

Best way to approach it

Approach it as a thematic nonfiction book, keeping the central idea of perseverance in view as you consider its role models.

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