TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mendell,David
TI  - Obama: from promise to power 
SN  - 9780060858209
AV  - 002 E 901.1 O12M 2007
U1  - 973/.04960730092 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Amistad
KW  - Obama, Barack,
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Senate
KW  - Biography
KW  - sears
KW  - Presidential candidates
KW  - African American legislators
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Racially mixed people
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-2009
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-406); Acknowledgments --; 1; The ascent --; 2; Dreams from his mother --; 3; Just call me Barry --; 4; The mainland --; 5; The organizer --; 6; Harvard --; 7; Sweet home Chicago --; 8; Politics --; 9; The legislator --; 10; The New Rochelle Train --; 11; The candidate --; 12; The consultant --; 13; The race factor --; 14; The real deal --; 15; Hull on wheels --; 16; The small screen --; 17; A victory lap --; 18; A dash to the center --; 19; The Ryan files --; 20; The speech --; 21; Back to Illinois --; 22; The Senator --; 23; South Africa --; 24; Nairobi --; 25; Siaya : A father's home --; 26; LeBron Revisited --; Notes
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008357460-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008357460-d.html
ER  -