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Profiles in Courage

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Book Description
"This is a book about the 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 1954-55, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. Senator, chose eight of his historical coleagues to profile for their acts of ... More

Book Information
PublisherPerennial (HarperCollins)
BindingPaperback (43 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages272
ISBN-100060955449
ISBN-13978-0060955441
Publication Date03/2000
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About John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Author) : John Fitzgerald Kennedy is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of John Fitzgerald Kennedy include State Of The Union Addresses, Profiles in Courage (sl... more
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