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Profiles in Courage: Young Readers Memorial Edition with a Special Forward By Robert F Kennedy, X on book

by John F Kennedy

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Harpers New York 1964, 1964. Very Good + Memorial Edition Very Good + DJ 287pp Memorial Edition. With a special forward by Robert F. Kennedy. all pages clean and unmarked

Synopsis

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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Bookseller
The FW Collections US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
H471
Title
Profiles in Courage
Author
John F Kennedy
Illustrator
Emil Weiss
Format/Binding
Pictorial boards. top of spine abraided
Book Condition
Used - Very Good-
Jacket Condition
Very Good-
Quantity Available
1
Edition
first
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Harper and Row
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1964
Weight
0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs
Non Fiction;

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