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Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage
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Profiles in Courage

by John F. Kennedy

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ISBN 10
0060854936
ISBN 13
9780060854935
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics. Used - Very Good. 2006. Paperback. Very Good.

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Profiles in Courage was written by John F. Kennedy when the iconic U.S. President was still a senator. The Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies tells of eight United States Senators who shown great courage under enormous pressure from their parties and their constituents. Among Kennedy’s featured senators were: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Lamar, George Norris, and Robert A. Taft. While these Senators suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions, their stories are used to illustrate the principles and virtues that Kennedy believed were required of Americans in a century of progress.   Profiles in Courage hit the bestsellers list three times: when JFK was an up-and-coming Senator in the late 1950s; after he was elected President in 1960-61; and following his assassination in 1963-64. The book led to the creation of the “Profiles in Courage” award,  an annual award made to recognize displays of moral and political courage similar to those that Kennedy profiled.

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Title
Profiles in Courage
Author
John F. Kennedy
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0060854936
ISBN 13
9780060854935
Publisher
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Place of Publication
Usa
This edition first published
April 11, 2006

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