Profiles in courage for our time
By: introduced and edited by Caroline Kennedy
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780786886784
Subjects: Politics and government; Courage; Legislators; Biography
Description: Contains profiles of individuals and groups, all elected officials at the national, state, or local level, who have been presented with the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation since 1990 for standing fast for the ideals of America in the face of personal risk.
Notes: Includes section on 2003 Profile in Courage award.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- by Caroline Kennedy; title: Carl Elliott, Sr.  -- by Michael Beschloss; title: Charles Longstreet Weltner  -- by Bill Kovatch; title: Lowell Weicker, Jr.  -- by E.J. Dionne; title: James Florio  -- by Anna Quindlen; title: Henry B. Gonzalez  -- by Pete Hamill; title: Michael L. Synar  -- by Steven V. Roberts; title: Corkin Cherubini  -- by Marian Wright Edelman; title: Charles Price  -- by Maryanne Vollers; title: Nicholas C. Murnion  -- by Ron Suskind; title: The Irish peacemakers  -- by Michael Daly; title: John McCain and Russell Feingold  -- by Albert R. Hunt; title: Hilda Solis  -- by Anthony Walton; title: Gerald R. Ford  -- by Bob Woodward; title: John Lewis  -- by Teresa Carpenter; title: Profile in Courage Award 2002:; title: Heroes of September 11 --; title: Dean Koldenhoven --; title: Kofi Annan  -- by Caroline Kennedy; title: Profile in Courage Award 2003 -- by Caroline Kennedy.