Prior to his enrollment at Harvard University, the future president in 1935 began his undergraduate career at another Ivy League institution, Princeton University. Octavo, original red cloth over boards, stamped blue and white illustration on front cover, stained top edge. Kennedy's book examines the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II and its initial lack of response to Adolf Hitler's threats of war.

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However, it may be that this seismic event will be placed in its appropriate historical context by a solitary scholar or a student who has been sent home for the summer. We give our best to give you the best book but in some cases we have to adjust few pages which are blur or missing or black spots. rubbed at the surface and edges, a few small chips, two strips of reinforcement at the head and foot of the spine. silk endpapers and pastedowns, except for A Nation of Immigrants all volumes are brand new and still in shrink wrap.Kennedy had been a charming underachiever throughout most of his education, breezing through elite schools with minimal effort and maximum merriment. Significant loss or damage at head and tail of spine, lower edge of front panel and upper fore-edge corner of front panel. Those from the British sales were donated to Plymouth, a British city recently bombed by the Luftwaffe.

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Is the proper frame of reference the 1918 Influenza, the Great Depression, World War II, or the 2008 financial crisis on steroids? An advance copy of the author's first book, with a printed presentation card from the publisher laid in.As a commanding officer of PT-109, he became a wartime hero after helping his crewmates survive the gunboat’s 1943 sinking. First printing of the 1961 edition, with I on the copyright page and copyright 1940 given for the original edition. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. In 1957, a Pulitzer Prize in biography was awarded to Kennedy for “Profiles in Courage,” although there has since been controversy as to how much of the book was ghostwritten by his aide Theodore Sorensen. Ex library with Dewey marking to spine, label to front pastedown, checkout cardholder to rear pastedown, Date Due note affixed to rear end papers, at least two library stamps.