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Profiles in Courage Hardcover - 2003
by Kennedy, John F
- New
The Pulitzer Prize-winning classic is now offered in a beautiful hardcover edition with a new Introduction by Caroline Kennedy.
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Details
- Title Profiles in Courage
- Author Kennedy, John F
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York
- Date 2003-03-18
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # OTF-S-9780060530624
- ISBN 9780060530624 / 0060530626
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8.49 x 5.81 x 0.96 in (21.56 x 14.76 x 2.44 cm)
- Reading level 1410
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States, United States - Politics and government
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003040676
- Dewey Decimal Code B
About this book
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.
From the rear cover
-- John F. Kennedy
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 heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft.
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage -- now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy, as well as Robert Kennedy's foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 -- resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. It is as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword, "not just stories of the past but a hook of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the world, depends on what we do with what others have left us."