Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Colin Powell became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and, according to polls, "the most trusted man in America." From his humble origins as the son of Jamaican immigrants to the highest levels of government in four administrations, he helped guide the nation through some of it smost heart-wrenching hours. This book takes us from Powell's Bronx childhood and meteoric rise through the military ranks to his formative roles in Washinton's corridors of power and is controversial tenure as Secretary of State.