John F. Kennedy

Profiles in Courage (eBook, ePUB)

Deluxe Modern Classic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING
CLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITY

With a foreword by Robert
F. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy's enduring
classic resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtuescourage
and patriotismand remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the
indomitable American spirit
During
1954-55, Kennedy, then a junior senator from the state of Massachusetts,
profiled eight American patriots, mainly United States Senators, who at crucial
moments in our nation's history, revealed a special sort of greatness: men who
disregarded dreadful consequences to their public and private lives to do that
one thing which seemed right in itself. They were men of various political and
regional allegiancestheir one overriding loyalty was to the United States.
Courage
such as these men shared, Kennedy makes clear, is central to all moralitya man
does what he must in spite of personal consequencesand these exciting stories
suggest that, without in the least disparaging the courage with which men die,
we should not overlook the true greatness adorning those acts of courage with
which men must live.
As Robert F.
Kennedy writes in the foreword, Profiles in Courage is not just stories of the past but a
book of hope and confidence for the future. What happens to the country, to the
world, depends on what we do with what others have left us."

This
special "P.S." edition of the book commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the book's
publication. It includes vintage photographs and an extensive author biography,
and features Kennedy's correspondence about the writing project, contemporary
reviews of the book, a letter from Ernest Hemingway, and two rousing speeches from
recipients of the Profile in Courage Award.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062339096
• Artikelnr.: 43590280

Autorenporträt

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. At forty-three, he was the youngest man ever elected to the Oval Office and the first Roman Catholic president.