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A journalist who has covered the senator and presidential candidate since his campaign for the Senate offers a portrait that features his childhood and youth in Hawaii and his embrace of seemingly ruthless campaign tactics.

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Main Author: Mendell, David
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, [2008], c2007.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
African American legislators > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Racially mixed people > United States > Biography.
Presidential candidates > United States.
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Summary:A journalist who has covered the senator and presidential candidate since his campaign for the Senate offers a portrait that features his childhood and youth in Hawaii and his embrace of seemingly ruthless campaign tactics.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Amistad, c2007.
Physical Description:x, 406 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-406).
ISBN:9780061736667 (pbk.)
006173666X (pbk.)
Author Notes:David Mendell is an American journalist who wrote for the Chicago Tribune until the summer of 2008. Mendell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mendell wrote the biography Obama: From Promise to Power, which was published in 2007. In 2015 the e-book version of this biography became listed on the New York Times bestseller list. In writing the book, Mendell utilized both the first-hand research from Mendell's original reporting, as well as a wide range of interviews with Obama's aides, mentors, political adversaries and family. The National Review called this biography "the single best source of background information on our new president." In February 2008, Mendell received an NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in the Biography/Autobiography category for the book.

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