Obama
From Promise to Power
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers : Made available through hoopla, 2007.
Format: Eaudiobook
Edition: Unabridged.
Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (36 min.)) : digital.
The biography of America's hottest political superstar-Barack Obama-from a journalist who has been covering his career since his successful run for U.S. Senate. Barack Obama's meteoric rise is the stuff of legend. Since his headline-grabbing speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama has come to represent the promise of unity among groups of all types-blacks and whites; Democrats, Republicans, and moderates; the upper, middle, and lower classes. In this groundbreaking biography, veteran journalist and Obama chronicler David Mendell gives an in-depth, comprehensive portrait of a man whose last name has become a catchphrase for hope in a politically jaded society desperate for a new star. Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of Obama's campaign for the Senate and as a result enjoys far-reaching access to the new Senator. His research includes exclusive interviews with Obama's closest aides, mentors, political adversaries, and family. Mendell reveals the surprising, cutthroat campaign tactics sanctioned by Obama-who has steeped his image and reputation on the ideals of clean politics and good government-to win his Senate seat by employing some of the most ruthless operatives in the business. Eye-opening, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Obama: From Promise to Power is a necessary look at the evolution of a politician from public servant to candidate-savior.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Obama, Barack.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780061554254 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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