The Profiles in Courage audiobook by John F. Kennedy as read by John F. Kennedy Junior. This podcast will have four installments, each being one side of the.
“This 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. Japanese chaos. 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.
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.” Download and start listening now!
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999), often referred to as JFK Jr. Or John John, was an American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher. He was the son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and younger brother of Caroline Kennedy. Trained as a lawyer, he worked as a New York City Assistant District Attorney for four years.
In 1995, he launched George magazine, using his political and celebrity status to publicize it. Kennedy died in the crash of a small plane he was piloting, along with his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her elder sister Lauren. Caroline Kennedy is the editor of the New York Times bestselling A Patriot’s Handbook, Profiles in Courage for Our Time, The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, A Family of Poems, A Family Christmas, and the coauthor of The Right to Privacy and In Our Defense. She serves as the vice chair of the Fund for Public Schools in New York City and president of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
She lives in New York City.