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Rising Star : The Making of Barack Obama by David Garrow (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062641840
ISBN-13
9780062641847
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239674682
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rising Star : the Making of Barack Obama
Number of Pages
1472 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Essays
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
69.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-033946
Reviews
Breathtaking. ... With depth and meticulousness, David Garrow's new book pulls back the curtain on Obama's family, upbringing, college years, personal reinventions, mentors, romances, career choices, law school accomplishments, marriage and rise in Illinois politics., Revealing. ... Probing. ... [Garrow] tells us how Obama lived, and explores the calculations he made in the decades leading up to his winning the presidency., "Impressive. ... [A] deeply reported work of biography." -- New York Times Book Review "Rigorous. ... Thorough. ... Meticulously researched. ... Delivers insight and clarity on Obama's enigmatic personality." -- Christian Science Monitor "A prodigious work. ... Each page crackles with the strength of [Garrow's] research." -- USA Today "Extremely well-done. ... Garrow slices the fat of fiction away from fact. ... [A book] equally as valuable for what it is saying about the present and the future as well as the past." -- Atlanta Black Star "Revealing. ... Probing. ... [Garrow] tells us how Obama lived, and explores the calculations he made in the decades leading up to his winning the presidency." -- Washington Post "Phenomenal... Essential. ... Persuasive. ... Authoritative. ... A stunning and indispensable work of history. ... A masterwork of historical and journalistic research... [and] a terrific read." -- David Greenberg, Politico "One of the most impressive presidential biographies... [and] a look at the social construction of race." -- Bloomberg (a Must-Read of 2017) "A tour de force. ... An epic triumph of personal and political biography. -- Paul Street, New York Journal of Books "The authoritative biography of Barack Obama's prepresidential years. ... Illuminating. ... Impressively researched. ... Readers will be richly rewarded." -- Library Journal (starred review) "A convincing and exceptionally detailed portrait. ... Political history buffs will be fascinated." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Important. ... Engages, absorbs and mesmerises." -- Literary Review (London) "Garrow is a demon for research. ... Eminently solid. ... Consistently readable -- an impressive work." -- Kirkus Reviews "Gripping. ... [A] compelling read [that] should appeal to political junkies and insiders. ... Foundational." -- Washington Independent Review of Books "Learned. ... May endure in the American presidential canon." -- Globe and Mail (Toronto) "Definitive. ... Fascinating. ... So interesting, you'll be hard-pressed to put it down." -- Paul Lisnek, WGN Chicago "You definitely want to pick it up. ... Very thorough, very well-researched." -- Roland Martin, NEWS ONE NOW "Comprehensive. ... Contains many insights to Obama's life and character. ... Will be the defining work on Obama's early life for years to come." -- The Federalist "Immensely informative. ... Reveals Mr. Obama in all his complexity." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Groundbreaking. ... A candid examination of the former president's life before the White House." -- Daily Nebraskan "Breathtaking. ... With depth and meticulousness, David Garrow's new book pulls back the curtain on Obama's family, upbringing, college years, personal reinventions, mentors, romances, career choices, law school accomplishments, marriage and rise in Illinois politics." -- New York Law Journal
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
973.932092
Synopsis
In this groundbreaking work of political biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David J. Garrow examines the formative years of Barack Obama. The product of nearly a decade of research and interviews with more than a thousand people, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama is the definitive account of the life of our forty-fourth president. Rising Star moves from Obama's tumultuous upbringing in Honolulu-where he was raised largely by his white grandparents, and was one of the few black students at his elite private school-to his college years in California and New York. Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Garrow offers a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention speech, and his four years in the Senate that followed, and, finally, recounts Obama's thrilling run for the White House in 2008. Throughout, Garrow reveals the political, intellectual, and personal evolution of one of the most important politicians of our time. Rising Star is an extraordinary biography-tremendous in its research and storytelling, brilliant in its analysis and scope. Book jacket., New York Times Bestseller Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama's tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Obama's college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Detailing a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party's "rising star," Garrow also chronicles Obama's four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008. In Rising Star, David J. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations. This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face-to-face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world. Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography--tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all-too-human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time., New York Times Bestseller One of the Washington Post 's 10 Best Books of 2017 Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama's tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Obama's college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Detailing a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party's "rising star," Garrow also chronicles Obama's four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008. In Rising Star , David J. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations. This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face-to-face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world. Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography--tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all-too-human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time., New York Times Bestseller Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States--from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now. Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama's tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost-all-white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents. After recounting Obama's college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama's time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city's roughest neighborhoods; his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class; and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard-knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate. Detailing a scintillating, behind-the-scenes account of Obama's 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party's "rising star," Garrow also chronicles Obama's four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008. In Rising Star , David J. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations. This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face-to-face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world. Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography--tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all-too-human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time.
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E908.G36 2018
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