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Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.

Profiles in courage / John F. Kennedy ; introduction by Caroline Kennedy ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. - 1st HarperPerennial Modern Classics ed. - New York : HarperPerennial Modern Classics, 2006. - xxii, 244 , 32 p. ; 21 cm. - Harper Perennial modern classics . - Harper Perennial modern classics. .

Special P.S. edition 50th anniversary edition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.

Courage and politics -- John Quincy Adams -- Daniel Webster -- Thomas Hart Benton -- Sam Houston -- Edmund G. Ross -- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar -- George Norris -- Robert A. Taft -- Other men of political courage -- The meaning of courage.

Describes the courage and conviction demonstrated by eight great patriots at pivotal moments in American history.

ISBN: 0060854936 (pbk.) : $13.95 9780060854935 (pbk.)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Courage--United States.
Courage.
Legislators.
Political science.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: E 176 / .K4 2006