Profiles in courage for our time
By: introduced and edited by Caroline Kennedy.
Contributors: Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; Courage -- United States.; United States -- Biography.; United States -- Politics and government.; Northern Ireland -- Politics and government.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Thirteen essays written by notable authors and honoring modern-day political heroes pay tribute to recipients of the Profile in Courage award in a collection that includes Anna Quindlen on James Florio and Bob Woodward on Gerald Ford.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION by Caroline Kennedy; title: CARL ELLIOTT, SR. by Michael Beschloss; title: CHARLES LONGSTREET WELTNER by Bill Kovach; title: LOWELL WEICKER, JR. by E. Dionne; title: JAMES FLORIO byAnna 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: NICKOLAS 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.