Lives of Moral Leadership: Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference Paperback - 2001
by Robert Coles
Drawing on the rich experiences of his own life, Coles gives a powerful account of the impact moral leaders and ordinary citizens have to show how people are all called on to become moral leaders at times, in their own homes, schools, and communities, and in the nation.
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In this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have led and inspired him: Robert Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Erik Erikson, a Boston bus driver, teachers in college, medical school, and elementary school, among others.
Coles tells how to be a moral leader and shows how the intervention of one person can change the course of history, as well as influence the day-to-day quality of life in our homes, schools, communities, and nation. We need to "hand one another along" in life, says Coles, quoting his friend Walker Percy, and in Lives of Moral Leadership he explores how each of us can be engaged in a continual and mutual life-giving process of personal and national leadership development. Coles discusses how the actions of the American president affect the way people feel about themselves and the country, and-citing the influence of Shakespeare's Henry V on Robert Kennedy, and of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina on his own mother--explains how reading literature can motivate action and growth. The way in which moral leaders emerge today, and for all time, comes vividly to light in this brilliant book by one of America's finest teachers and writers.
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- Title Lives of Moral Leadership: Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference
- Author Robert Coles
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Group, N.Y.
- Date 2001-10-09
- ISBN 9780375758355 / 0375758356
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.1 x 0.6 in (20.32 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Conduct of life, Leadership - Moral and ethical aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001031625
- Dewey Decimal Code 170.922
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