Obama : from promise to power /
Mendell, David.
Obama : from promise to power / David Mendell. - 1st ed. - New York : Amistad, c2007. - x, 406 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-406).
Acknowledgments -- The ascent -- Dreams from his mother -- Just call me Barry -- The mainland -- The organizer -- Harvard -- Sweet home Chicago -- Politics -- The legislator -- The New Rochelle Train -- The candidate -- The consultant -- The race factor -- The real deal -- Hull on wheels -- The small screen -- A victory lap -- A dash to the center -- The Ryan files -- The speech -- Back to Illinois -- The Senator -- South Africa -- Nairobi -- Siaya : A father's home -- LeBron Revisited -- Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
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.
9780060858209 0060858206
2008357460
Obama, Barack, 1961-
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
African American legislators--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
African American legislators--Biography.
Racially mixed people--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
002 E 901.1 / O12M 2007
973/.04960730092
Obama : from promise to power / David Mendell. - 1st ed. - New York : Amistad, c2007. - x, 406 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-406).
Acknowledgments -- The ascent -- Dreams from his mother -- Just call me Barry -- The mainland -- The organizer -- Harvard -- Sweet home Chicago -- Politics -- The legislator -- The New Rochelle Train -- The candidate -- The consultant -- The race factor -- The real deal -- Hull on wheels -- The small screen -- A victory lap -- A dash to the center -- The Ryan files -- The speech -- Back to Illinois -- The Senator -- South Africa -- Nairobi -- Siaya : A father's home -- LeBron Revisited -- Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
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.
9780060858209 0060858206
2008357460
Obama, Barack, 1961-
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography.
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
African American legislators--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
Legislators--United States--Biography.
African American legislators--Biography.
Racially mixed people--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
002 E 901.1 / O12M 2007
973/.04960730092