Description: Profiles in courage

Sketches of several famous Americans who took unpopular stands during their lives.

Main Author:	Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.
Other Authors:	Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, [1961]
Physical Description:	xxiii, 266 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm.
Edition:	Inaugural ed.
Subjects:	Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848. Webster, Daniel, -- 1782-1852. Benton, Thomas Hart, -- 1782-1858. Houston, Sam, -- 1793-1863. Ross, Edmund G. -- (Edmund Gibson), -- 1826-1907. Lamar, Lucius, -- 1825-1893. Norris, George, -- 1861-1944. Taft, Robert A. -- (Robert Alphonso), -- 1889-1953. United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography. Legislators -- United States -- Biography. Courage -- United States. United States -- Politics and government.

Summary:	Sketches of several famous Americans who took unpopular stands during their lives.
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index. Courage and politics -- "The magistrate is the servant not... of the people but of his God" : John Quincy Adams -- "... not as a Massachusetts man but as an American..." : Daniel Webster -- "I despise the bubble popularity..." : Thomas Hart Benton -- "... I can forget that I am called a traitor" : Sam Houston -- "I looked down into my open grave..." : Edmund G. Ross -- "Today I must be true or false..." : Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar -- "I have come home to tell you the truth" : George Norris -- "Liberty of the individual to think his own thoughts" : Robert A. Taft -- "... consolation for the contempt of mankind" : additional men of courage -- The meaning of courage. Sketches of several famous Americans who took unpopular stands during their lives. Accelerated Reader AR UG 11.4 13 16720.
Physical Description:	xxiii, 266 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index.