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Barack Obama the story

Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does.

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Main Author: Maraniss, David
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack > Childhood and youth.
Obama, Barack > Family.
Hawaii > Biography.
Obama, Barack > Travel > Africa.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
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Summary:Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does.
Physical Description:xxiii, 641 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-609) and index.
ISBN:9781439160404 (hardcover)
1439160406 (hardcover)
9781439160411 (pbk.)
1439160414 (pbk.)
Author Notes:David Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who chronicled the Clinton era during his time at the Washington Post.

After leaving the Washington Post, Maraniss wrote "First in His Class," a book about Clinton that won the American Society of Newspaper Editors Jesse Laventhal Prize. He has also published "The Clinton Enigma," a book interpreting the Clinton scandal.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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