<I>A Brave and Startling Truth</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1995
name: label: Written by
content: Maya Angelou, American, 1928 - 2014
label: Published by
content: Random House, Inc., American, founded 1925
label: Photograph by
content: Steve Dunwell, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition, hardcover copy of A Brave and Startling Truth by Maya Angelou. The cloth bound hardcover book has an adhesive binding. The book’s dust jacket has dark, medium, and light blue vertical stripes interspersed with two yellow stripes and one orange stripe. The author’s name is printed in large, black text over the top half of the dust jacket that reads [MAYA / ANGELOU]. The book’s title, [A / BRAVE / AND / STARTLING / TRUTH], is printed in white text inside a black box centered at the bottom half of the dust jacket. Printed on the blue dust jacket spine is the author’s name printed in white text at the top, and the book’s title printed in white inside a black rectangular box at the center. At the bottom is the publisher’s name, [RANDOM / HOUSE] printed in white text below a small, white, house shaped graphic. The back of the dust jacket has a striped background identical to the front. At the center is a square black-and-white photograph of Maya Angelou. Angelou is depicted in bust pose from the shoulders up. She is facing the viewer, smiling, with her chin propped on the knuckles of her proper right hand. She is wearing a light-toned jacket over a white blouse, thick hoop earrings, and a long necklace. Along the right edge of the photograph is a photography credit printed in small white text that reads [STEVE DUNWELL PHOTOGRAPHY]. The front and back covers and the spine of the book are covered in blue book cloth. On the front cover is an imprinted reproduction of Maya Angelou's signature centered within the bottom third of the cover. Gilded text printed on the spine includes the author’s name, the book title, and the publisher’s name and logo. The back cover is plain. The interior pages are white, calendared paper with black text and some blue accents. Printed on the front fly leaf is black text that reads [Read by the poet / at the fiftieth anniversary / of the founding of the United Nations / San Francisco / 26 June 1995]. The book is unpaged but there are 32 pages excluding flyleaf pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.25
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Maya Angelou
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 13/16 × 5 1/16 × 7/16 in. (17.3 × 12.9 × 1.1 cm)