<I>My American Journey</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Written by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Written by
content: Joseph E. Persico, American, 1930 - 2014
label: Published by
content: Random House, Inc., American, founded 1925
label: Subject of
content: United States Armed Forces, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Caption
content: This autobiography of General Colin L. Powell covers his life and military career. The book begins with his birth in Harlem and covers his 35 years of Army service including the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and his time serving as the first African American Joint Chief of Staff.
label: Description
content: A hardcover first edition of My American Journey, written by General Colin L. Powell. The book features a glossy white paper jacket over its white hardcover. The fabric blue spine displays the book title, authors, and the Random House publisher name with logo, printed vertically in gold text. On the front cover in gold ink is the book’s title, underlined, with a star below it. There are no markings on the back cover. The jacket front features a color portrait of General Powell wearing eyeglasses and his four-star General Army Green Service uniform. The title is printed in large black-and-white text inside of a red-white-and-blue three-block across the bottom of General Powell’s photograph, and followed by large black text, “COLIN / POWELL / with Joseph E. Persico”. The spine of the jacket has the title, author, and the Random House publisher’s logo. The back of the jacket features a sepia-toned studio portrait of General Powell as a young boy. Throughout the book are supplemental black-and-white photographs, and the last page is numbered at 643.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.42.2
objectType: label: Type
content: autobiographies
label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Ballantine Books
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 9 9/16 × 14 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (24.3 × 37 × 6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 9 9/16 × 6 7/16 × 2 3/8 in. (24.3 × 16.4 × 6 cm)