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"body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div id=\"databox-Books\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n Title:Journey to Washington;\nAuthor:Daniel K. Inouye and Lawrence Elliott;\nIllustrator:;\nOrigTitle:;\nCountry:;\nLanguage:;\nSeries:;\nGenre:;\nPublisher:Prentice-Hall;\nPubDate:1967;\nCurrentPublisher:;\nCurrentPubDate:;\nMediaType:;\nPages:297;\nAwards:;\nISBN:;\nWorldCatLink:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.worldcat.org/title/journey-to-washington/oclc/949787&referer=brief_results\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.worldcat.org/title/journey-to-washington/oclc/949787&referer=brief_results\n </a>\n ;\n </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n RGMediaType:books;\nTitle:Journey to Washington;\nCreators:Daniel K. Inouye; Lawrence Elliott;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Self-reliance; Patriotism - positive side or complications; Empowerment;\nGenre:Memoir;\nPoV:First person; Japanese American man;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:Limited availability;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:Hawai'i; Washington D.C.; Japan;\nChronology:1900s-1960s;\nFacility:;\n </p>\n </div>\n </div>\n <p>\n Ghostwritten autobiography by Senator\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Daniel_Inouye\" title=\"Daniel Inouye\">\n Daniel K. Inouye\n </a>\n of Hawai'i, authored with Lawrence Elliott and published in 1967. One of the first autobiographies by a\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Nisei\" title=\"Nisei\">\n Nisei\n </a>\n ,\n <i>\n Journey to Washington\n </i>\n 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 \"\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Model_minority\" title=\"Model minority\">\n model minority\n </a>\n \" narrative then current.\n <i>\n Reader's Digest\n </i>\n also excerpted the book in its February 1968 issue. The book includes three forewords, by President Lyndon Johnson, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield.\n </p>\n <p>\n Reviews and the forewords all echo \"model minority\" themes, emphasizing Inouye's patriotism, optimism, and self-made success. President Johnson wrote, \"I believe that this story will become part of the heritage of our nation, inspiring others to find within themselves the strength to say: 'There isn't a thing in the world I couldn't do—if I want to do it badly enough.'\" Vice-President Humphrey added, \"Dan Inouye has written as stirring and significant a story as I have read in a long time. It is his story. It is a story that reveals the spirit and heart of America.\" Mansfield added that \"his triumph is, in the end, the triumph of America.\"\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\n In\n <i>\n Library Journal\n </i>\n , Robert W. Henderson wrote \"Senator Inouye's fierce Americanism is based on a consummate faith in democracy regardless of race or religion.\"\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref2_2-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref2-2\">\n [2]\n </a>\n </sup>\n <i>\n Publisher's Weekly\n </i>\n called Inouye and his family \"deeply loyal Americans,\" while\n <i>\n Booklist\n </i>\n noted that \"While he discusses his own encounters with racial discrimination quite frankly, his positive, idealistic philosophy precludes over-emphasis on the subject. A warm, enthusiastic, refreshingly optimistic book.\"\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-ftnt_ref3_3-0\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-ftnt_ref3-3\">\n [3]\n </a>\n </sup>\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n <b>\n Authored by\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n Brian Niiya\n </a>\n , Densho\n </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n Might also like\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/A Taste for Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi Hirasaki (book)/\" title=\"A Taste for Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi Hirasaki (book)\">\n A Taste for Strawberries: The Independent Journey of Nisei Farmer Manabi Hirasaki\n </a>\n </i>\n by Manabi Hirasaki;\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/To_the_Stars:_The_Autobiography_of_George_Takei,_Star_Trek%27s_Captain_Sulu_(book)\" title=\"To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Captain Sulu (book)\">\n To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu\n </a>\n </i>\n by George Takei;\n <i>\n <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Memoirs of a Certain Nisei (book)/\" title=\"Memoirs of a Certain Nisei (book)\">\n Memoirs of a Certain Nisei, 1916-1985, Aru Nisei No Wadachi\n </a>\n </i>\n by Thomas Taro Higa\n </p>\n</div>\n",
"moreinfo": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n Huang, Guiyou.\n <i>\n The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945\n </i>\n . New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. 67–68.\n </p>\n <p>\n Inouye, Daniel K, with Lawrence Elliott.\n <i>\n Journey to Washington\n </i>\n . Englewood Cliffs, NY: Prentice-Hall, 1967.\n </p>\n <p>\n Wu, Ellen.\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://archive.org/details/colorofsuccessas00wuel\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n <i>\n The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority\n </i>\n </a>\n . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014.\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"reviews": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Reviews\">\n <h3>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Reviews\">\n Reviews\n </span>\n </h3>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <p>\n <i>\n Booklist\n </i>\n , Nov. 1, 1967, 312.\n </p>\n <p>\n <i>\n Choice\n </i>\n (Nov. 1968): 1222.\n </p>\n <p>\n Henderson, Robert W.\n <i>\n Library Journal\n </i>\n , May 1, 1967, 1826.\n </p>\n <p>\n <i>\n Publisher's Weekly\n </i>\n , May 22, 1967, 63.\n </p>\n <p>\n Han, John Jae-Nam. \"Daniel K. Inouye.\" In\n <i>\n Asian American Autobiographers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook\n </i>\n . Ed. Guiyou Huang. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001. 141–47.\n </p>\n </div>\n</div>",
"footnotes": "<div class=\"section\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n <h2>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Footnotes\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n <div class=\"reflist\" style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n <div class=\"mw-references-wrap\">\n <ol class=\"references\">\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref1-1\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref1_1-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Daniel K. Inouye, with Lawrence Elliott,\n <i>\n Journey to Washington\n </i>\n (Englewood Cliffs, NY: Prentice Hall, 1967), vi, ix, and xiv.\n </span>\n </li>\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref2-2\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref2_2-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Robert W. Henderson, Review of\n <i>\n Journey to Washington\n </i>\n ,\n <i>\n Library Journal\n </i>\n , May 1, 1967, p. 1826.\n </span>\n </li>\n <li id=\"cite_note-ftnt_ref3-3\">\n <span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_ref-ftnt_ref3_3-0\">\n ↑\n </a>\n </span>\n <span class=\"reference-text\">\n Review of\n <i>\n Journey to Washington\n </i>\n ,\n <i>\n Publisher's Weekly\n </i>\n , May 22, 1967, p. 63; Review of\n <i>\n Journey to Washington\n </i>\n ,\n <i>\n Booklist\n </i>\n , Nov. 1, 1967, p. 312.\n </span>\n </li>\n </ol>\n </div>\n </div>\n <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20230521153517\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.021 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.028 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 382/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 6750/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1308/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 5/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 1247/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00% 18.529 1 -total\n 13.35% 2.473 1 Template:Reflist\n 12.38% 2.294 1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 10.99% 2.036 1 Template:Databox-Books\n 7.09% 1.313 1 Template:Published\n 7.05% 1.307 1 Template:AuthorByline\n 6.73% 1.247 1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:1459-0!canonical and timestamp 20230521153517 and revision id 31151\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"
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