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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pitts, Byron.

Step out on nothing : how faith and family helped me conquer life’s challenges / Byron Pitts.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-312-57766-7

 1. Pitts, Byron. 2. Baptists—United States—Biography. 3. Television journalists—United States—Biography. I. Title.

BX6455.P38A3 2009

277.3'082092—dc22

[B]

2009019891

First Edition: October 2009

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