Profiles in courage / John F. Kennedy ; introduction by Caroline Kennedy ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy.

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Other Authors: Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2013.
Edition:First HarperPerennial Modern Classics edition.
Subjects:
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848.
Webster, Daniel, > 1782-1852.
Benton, Thomas Hart, > 1782-1858.
Houston, Sam, > 1793-1863.
Ross, Edmund G. > (Edmund Gibson), > 1826-1907.
Lamar, Lucius Q. C. > (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), > 1797-1834.
Norris, George W. > (George William), > 1861-1944.
Taft, Robert A. > (Robert Alphonso), > 1889-1953.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Courage > United States.
Genre:
Biography.
Local Note:
MSU: This book was selected in recognition of MSU Libraries Student Employee, Chloe Vansickle, Class of 2021
Physical Description:xxii, 244, 32 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.