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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1051

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald "Jack" (JFK). Thirty-fifth President of the United States (1961-1963), WW II torpedo boat commander, Representative, Senator for the State of Massachusetts, youngest president to serve, first and only Catholic president and only one to win the Pulitzer Prize, president during a number of the 20th Century's pivotal moments of history. First Edition of his book `Profiles in Courage' sent as a Gift from Sen. Kennedy. "Profiles in Courage." New York; Harper & Brothers, (1956). First edition. No dust jacket. On the inside cover, taped down is Kennedy's Senatorial business card; in blue ink on the card is the message "Thanks for making the trip to Hyannisport". Written while JFK was convalescing from several spinal operations, "Profiles in Courage" tells the stories of US Senators who risked their careers for their beliefs, from John Quincy Adams and Daniel Webster to Lucius Lamar and Robert Taft. The book won Kennedy the Pulitzer Prize in 1957. Bottom front endpaper cut, otherwise About Fine.

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