Mendell, David. <br/><br/>
Obama :  from promise to power / 
David Mendell. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Amistad,  c2007. 
 - x, 406 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-406). 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060858209 0060858206 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008357460 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Obama, Barack, 1961- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress.  Senate --Biography.<br/>United States. Congress.  Senate --Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.<br/>African American legislators--Biography.<br/>Legislators--United States--Biography.<br/>Legislators--United States--Biography.<br/>African American legislators--Biography.<br/>Racially mixed people--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 901.1  / O12M 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973/.04960730092