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Scribner Book Company, 1992. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribner, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribner Book Company, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company - Collier Books, 1992. Third Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 545 pages. Hard to find any flaws in this thick oversized book except to say it has been read a couple of times and lacks that new feel while it does not have any marks or stamps. Just clean white tight pages. The political biography of an American dilemma. A robust, realistic portrait of Harlem's first African-American Congressman. This first full-scale and definitive biography of Powell traces the extraordinary rise and precipitous fall of the complex congressman. Hamilton has reassessed Powell's unique place in American history and whose flamboyant historic achievements were largely overshadowed by his controversial downfall.

UsedAcceptable. **PLEASE READ** The cover has curled corners. There is heavy highlighting/handwriting in this book. FAST shipping, FREE tracking, and GREAT customer service! We also offer EXPEDITED and TWO DAY shipping options on qualifying orders.

Cooper Square Publishing, LLC. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Scribner. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Scribner. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Atheneum, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Cooper Square Press, 2001-12-24. Paperback. Like New.

Cooper Square Press, 2001-12-24. Paperback. New.

Collier Books, 1992. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Very large, very thick sturdy softcover, glossy white wrappers, a photo of Powell at top front and spine top, praise on back wrapper from San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, 545 pages including two glossy photo sections. Very light crease at bottom front tip, light scratch at spine bottom. Near Fine.

Cooper Square Press, 2001-12-24. Paperback. Used:Good.

New York: Atheneum, 1991. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. photos, index, x, 545p. Original cloth-backed boards. dj. 24 cm. Jacket slightly rubbed on ends of backstrip.

NY: Atheneum, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with edge wear, short closed tears. The first full-length biography--and likely the authoritative one for years to come--of the flamboyant black congressman who, as civil-rights gadfly and as libertine, exemplified the gap between our nation's ideals and practices that was given a name in Gunnar Myrdal's ``American Dilemma.'' Blessed with good looks, eloquence, and a bully pulpit (he succeeded his father as head of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, the nation's largest black congregation), Powell became ``Mr. Civil Rights'' in the pre-King era by combining agitation and electoral politics. As congressman from Harlem, Powell denounced racist southern colleagues and introduced the ``Powell Amendment'' to deny federal funds to projects or organizations that practiced discrimination. In 1960, he became chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, then the strongest position ever held by a black… Read More

Atheneum, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good.

LIGHTNING SOURCE INC. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Paperback / softback. New. This fascinating, authoritative biography traces the extraordinary rise and preipitous fall of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the eccentric and enigmatic congressman from Harlem.

Cooper Square Pub, 2002. Paperback. New. 576 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.25 inches.

New York : Atheneum ; Toronto : Maxwell MacMillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell MacMillan International, 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 545 pages; Description: x, 545 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908-1972. United States. Congress. House--Biography. African Americans--Civil rights. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-527) and index.