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Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
Author: John F. Kennedy
"This is a book about that most admirable of human virtues-- courage. 'Grace under pressure,' Ernest Hemingway defined it. And these are the stories of the pressures experienced by eight United States Senators and the grace with which they endured them." -- John F. Kennedy During 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eigh...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780898457933
ISBN-10: 0898457939
Publication Date: 1/1/1985
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Publisher: Caedmon
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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hardtack avatar reviewed Profiles in Courage on + 2719 more book reviews
I read this book as a teenager and thought it great. It was only much later I found out who really wrote it. Check Wikipedia for details.

Makes you wonder what kind of low-life person would accept the Pulitzer Prize for History for a book he didn't write. But if you also read "The Dark Side of Camelot" you understand how he could do that.


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