Profiles in courage
By: John F. Kennedy
Publisher: Harper & Bros.
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Biography; Juvenile literature; Legislators; Courage; Politics and government; American Statesmen; United States; United States. Congress. Senate
Description: Profiles in Courage is a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators throughout the Senate's history. This edition has been abridged for young readers.
Table of contents: title: Courage and politics; title: John Quincy Adams; title: Daniel Webster; title: Thomas Hart Benton; title: Sam Houston; title: Edmund G. Ross; title: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar; title: George Norris; title: Robert A. Taft; title: Other men of political courage; title: The meaning of courage.