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Known and Unknown: A Memoir

2011

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A signed, hardcover first edition of Known and Unknown: A Memoir, written by former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld with inscription to General Colin L. Powell. The book features a glossy color paper jacket over its cream hardcover. The blue spine displays the book title, author, and publisher name with logo, printed vertically in gold text. On the front cover is an engraved “DR”. There are no markings on the back cover. The jacket front is a large photograph of Rumsfeld standing in front of a large brown fence, with a blue sky and mountain behind him. In large white text the front jacket reads: [DONALD / RUMSFELD / Known and / Unknown / A Memoir]. The spine of the jacket features the same text as the cover in gold and white print and the last page is numbered at 815.

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Catalog reference: A2022.101.1.50

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