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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. The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwriter , profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity as a result.
- John F. Kennedy, Ted Sorensen
- 1956
Sep 8, 2015 · Profiles in Courage. : John F. Kennedy. Harper Collins, Sep 8, 2015 - History - 304 pages. THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITY. With a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline Kennedy. John F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues—courage and ...
- reprint
- John F. Kennedy
- Harper Collins, 2015
John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. At forty-three, he was the youngest man ever elected to the Oval Office and the first Roman Catholic president.
Apr 11, 2006 · Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book became required reading, an instant classic, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
- John F. Kennedy, Ted Sorensen
- $15.99
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
He won the prize in 1957 for Profiles in Courage (1956), a book about several Americans who had made courageous decisions. Kennedy wrote the book while recuperating from surgery to repair a spinal injury. Born in Brookline, Massuchusetts, to a wealthy and politically ambitious father, Kennedy received a Harvard education.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Harper & Row, 1991
- reprint
Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage has served as a clarion call to every American. A collection of eight inspiring, unsung, and heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book became required reading and an instant classic and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
- Lecturer in Chemistry John F Kennedy
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Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage" served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book became required reading, an instant classic, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
