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Obama

From Promise to Power

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Author: Mendell, David
ISBN:978-0-06-085820-9
Publication Date:Aug 2007
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Amistad
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $25.95
Book Description:

The biography of America's hottest political superstar-Barack Obama-from a journalist who has been covering Obama and his career since his successful run for U.S. Senate

Barack Obama's meteoric rise from Hawaii high schooler to exemplary Harvard Law School student to well-groomed politico is the stuff of legend, a political story that has captured the attention of virtually every American. Since his headline-grabbing speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama...
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Mendell, David (Author)
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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