When Dixon begins to introduce characters from Uncle Tom's Cabin , he relies on the same physiognomic principle . For example , Simon Legree's appearance is a sign of his character : [ Legree ) was looking more at ease now than ever in ...
No issue is more hotly debated than how, or even if, a politician's private life affects his public competence. In "A Question of Character" John F. Kennedy's two lives--public and private--are examined to answer this timely question.
"From the Trade Paperback edition.
Explores the contradiction between JFK's idealistic public image and his flawed, private moral life and shows in particular the effects of his father's ruthless political tutelage
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A successful businessman and former West Point professor argue that a person can never escape his or her character as they help settle our nation's debate over the respectability of its leaders.
By the author of Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur. Reprint. A Question of Character explores the sensitive and difficult question of how people, and
Questioning how his less than exemplary life related to the actions and decisions of his public career, Reeves probes the bewildering vagaries of Kennedy's character, penetrating his carefully wrought public image to reveal the true man.
In A Question of Character, Cathy Boeckmann establishes a strong link between racial questions and the development of literary traditions at the end of the 19th century in America.