Profiles in Courage,9780060955441

Profiles in Courage

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ISBN13: 9780060955441
ISBN10: 0060955449
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-27
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

"This is a book about the most admirable of human virtues--courage. 'Grace under pressure, ' Ernest Hemingway defined it. And these are the stories of the pressures experienced by eight United States Senators and the grace with which they endured them."
-- John F. Kennedy

During 1954-55, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical coleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benson, and Robert A. Taft.

Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956, "Profiles in Courage" resounds with timeless lessons on themost 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 book 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.

Author Biography

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. He was the youngest man ever elected to the Oval Office and the first Roman Gatholic president.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Robert F. Kennedy
Preface xiii
Courage and Politics
1(22)
Part One The Time and the Place 23(28)
John Quincy Adams
29(22)
Part Two The Time and the Place 51(60)
Daniel Webster
57(18)
Thomas Hart Benton
75(18)
Sam Houston
93(18)
Part Three The Time and the Place 111(54)
Edmund G. Ross
115(24)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
139(26)
Part Four The Time and the Place 165(62)
George Norris
170(23)
Robert A. Taft
193(13)
Other Men of Political Courage
206(11)
The Meaning of Courage
217(10)
About John F. Kennedy 227(4)
Bibliography 231(12)
Index 243

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