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.
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