- Kennedy, john f. (john fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Biography, Juvenile literature, Legislators
Profiles in Courage is a 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States Senators throughout the Senate's history. This edition has been abridged for young readers.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and resolved.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- John F. Kennedy
- First published
- 1961
- Pages
- 234
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Harper & Bros.
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060854935
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