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Profiles In Courage: Memorial Edition
by John F. Kennedy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Row. New York. 1964. First Edition (copyright code A-O relates to month-year of publication; Jan-1964). Also shown above the corner-clip on lower front dust jacket is code 0164 for Jan. 1964). Fine/very good with 0.5 in tear on top of front and slight shelf wear to edges of unclipped ($3.95) jacket. Dark blue (cloth) boards with JFK signature in gilt on front with gilt lettering on red background on spine and red stain to top-edge of book. Profiles In Courage was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957. The Memorial Edition was released 2 months after the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The Memorial edition is common, the true first edition is rare as it was a cherished possession for those fortunate enough to obtain one. 9.25 x 6.25.287pg.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114
- Title
- Profiles In Courage
- Author
- John F. Kennedy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 287
- Size
- octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JFK, U.S. President
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