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Profiles In Courage: Decisive Moments In The Lives Of Celebrated Americans
by John F. Kennedy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers. New York. Blue cloth boards with spine wrapped in black and gilt (still bright) lettering to spine. Minor edge wear with bump to tips of boards. Later printing of the First Edition denoted by C-G (Mar - 1957) print code on copyright page. Five pages of BW photos in center of book. Original clipped jacket, protected with removable mylar cover, shows generalized shelf wear with chipping to top and bottom of spine, tips and margin of jacket. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was a WW II veteran who survived his PT boat being sunk by a Japanese destroyer in 1943; later became a U.S. Senator (1953) and who ultimately became the 35th President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. Profiles In Courage was written in 1955 while recovering from back surgery. The book would later go one to win the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1957. It should be noted that there is an issue with authorship due to speculation surrounding a claim that most of the book was written by his speechwriter/ghostwriter Ted Sorensen. Also, Jules Davids, the history professor while Jacqueline Kennedy was a student, is thought to have made contributions to the book. Among others, the book profiles John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston and Edmund G. Ross. A "must read" for anyone working in government. 5.75x8.5 in. Including Index, 266 pg.
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 #
- 274
- Title
- Profiles In Courage
- Author
- John F. Kennedy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 266
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JFK, U.S. President
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