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Profiles in Courage
Profiles in Courage
Author: John F. Kennedy
In 1954-55 a freshman U.S. Senator from Massachusetts wrote a book profiling eight of his historical Senatorial colleagues, such men as John Quincy Adams, Sam Houston, and Robert A. Taft. Instead of focusing on their storied careers, John F. Kennedy chose to illustrate their acts of integrity, when they stood alone against tremendous political a...  more »
ISBN: 60089
Pages: 238
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Publisher: Harper & Row
Book Type: Paperback
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hardtack avatar reviewed Profiles in Courage on + 2846 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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