Profiles in Courage, Inaugural Edition

By John F. Kennedy with a foreword by Allan Nevins Blue boards with black cloth spine that has four small white marks. Interior of the book is unmarked and tight. JFK dedicates the book "To My Wife" 266 pages with an Index. The Dustjacket is not price clipped but, the front flap is clipped at the lower right corner. SUMMARY: "Profiles in Courage was written by John F. Kennedy when the iconic U.S. President was still a senator. The Pulitzer Prize-winning volume of short biographies tells of eight United States Senators who shown great courage under enormous pressure from their parties and their constituents. Among Kennedy s featured senators were: John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Sam Houston, Edmund G. Ross, Lucius Lamar, George Norris, and Robert A. Taft. While these Senators suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions, their stories are used to illustrate the principles and virtues that Kennedy believed were required of Americans in a century of progress. Profiles in Courage hit the bestsellers list three times: when JFK was an up-and-coming Senator in the late 1950s; after he was elected President in 1960-61; and following his assassination in 1963-64. The book led to the creation of the Profiles in Courage award, an annual award made to recognize displays of moral and political courage similar to those that Kennedy profiled.".…