Contributions

  • Elliott, Lawrence. - Contributor

Publication

1967 - Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

74,250 words, Guess

Page Count

297 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC973.92/0924
  • LCCE840.8.I5 A3
  • DDCB

Description

One of the first autobiographies by a Nisei, Journey to Washington was published as Inouye was finishing his first term as a U.S. Senator from Hawai'i and preparing to run for reelection. The book covers his life up to that time, beginning with his grandfather leaving Japan to come to America to pay off a debt and ending with his father visiting the White House to visit President John. F. Kennedy. A success story that established a template for many Nisei memoirs to come, the book reinforced the "model minority" narrative then current. The book includes three forewords, by President Lyndon Johnson, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield.

Subjects

Places

People

Daniel K. Inouye (1924-)

Other Editions

  • Journey to WashingtonPrentice-Hall1967-01-01

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