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Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators.
- John F. Kennedy, Ted Sorensen
- 1956
The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline Kennedy and a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage serves as a clarion call to every American. In this book Kennedy chose eight of his ...
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Sep 8, 2015 · John F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues—courage and patriotism—and remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the...
- reprint
- John F. Kennedy
- Harper Collins, 2015
Articulate and forward looking, but with a great sense of the past, Kennedy was the only U.S. President to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize in biography. He won the prize in 1957 for Profiles in...
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Harper & Row, 1991
- reprint
Mar 11, 2020 · This series of profiles of Americans who took courageous stands at crucial moments in public life includes John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Q.C. Lamar, George Norris, Robert A Taft and others. Includes bibliographical references.
Mar 18, 2003 · During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These...
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Oct 11, 2016 · Profiles in Courage (Harper Perennial Olive Editions) Paperback – October 11, 2016. The Pulitzer Prize winning classic by President John F. Kennedy, with an introduction by Caroline Kennedy and a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage ...