01913     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001800097041000800115082001200123084001600135100003700151245006700188250001100255260003200266300002700298520116600325650004501491650002801536650004701564990002401611990002401635INLIS00000000000449620221114023442  a0010-0520004496221114                |          | eng    a0-7868-6793-0  aeng  a973.099  a973.099 PRO0 aProfiles In Courage For Our Time1 aProfiles In Courage For Our Time /cEdited by Caroline Kennedy  a1st Ed  aNew York :bHyperion,c2002  aviii, 354 p. ;c22 cm.  aThis 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 eight of his historical colleagues to profile for their acts of astounding integrity in the face of overwhelming opposition. These heroes include John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, and Robert A. Taft. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1957, Profiles in Courage -- now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new introduction by Caroline Kennedy, as well as Robert Kennedy's foreword written for the memorial edition of the volume in 1964 -- resounds with timeless lessons on the most cherished of virtues and is a powerful reminder of the strength of the human spirit. It is as Robert Kennedy states in the foreword, "not just stories of the past but a hook 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." 4aLegislators --United States --Biography. 4aCourage --United States 4aNorthern Ireland --Politics and government  a05167/MKRI-P/I-2008  a05167/MKRI-P/I-2008