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Ode to My Parents: My Life and My Faith ??? ???

September 9, 2020

Seoul, Korea, Asia

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A signed hardcover edition of Ode to My Parents(??? ???) - My Life and My Faith, written by former minister of finance of South Korea, YongMan Rhee, and inscribed to General Colin L. Powell. The book features a hardback cover in light brown with embossing of the title, author, and publisher, horizontally along the spine. On the front hardcover between the title and the author’s name is an embossed drawing of a Rhee. On the back of the hardcover is the embossed drawing of a small flower. The book is wrapped in a jade green paper jacket. There is gold and white title text in English and Korean, above a large pink flower below the author’s name on the front jacket. On the flyleaf, inscribed and signed in blue ink, is a note from Rhee to General Colin L. Powell, dated December 21, 2020: [To. Honorable Collin Powell / Former U.S.

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Catalog reference: A2022.101.1.53

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