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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
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
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...
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,...
About the book. John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this book, in which he tells the story of eight U.S. Senators and their acts of integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition.
Jan 27, 2018 · Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. Profiles eight historical figures who demonstrated particular integrity in the face of opposition, including John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft. Access-restricted-item.
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Numerous dramas of conscience in conflict with popular opinion have been. played upon the floor of the United States Senate and President Kennedy, in a book entitled Profiles m Courage, has told the stories of eight Senators. who had been protagonists m such dramas.
