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The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama

Remnick, David (Author).

Summary: Examines the experiences of Barack Obama's life and explores the ambition behind his rise to the presidency, from his relationship with his parents to how social and racial tensions influenced his philosophy.

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  • ISBN: 037570230X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780375702303 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: x, 662 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2011.

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General Note:
"With a new epilogue"--Cover.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [623]-629) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: The Joshua generation -- A complex fate -- Surface and undertow -- Nobody knows my name -- Black metropolis -- Ambition -- A narrative of ascent -- Somebody nobody sent -- Black enough -- The wilderness campaign -- Reconstruction -- A righteous wind -- A slight madness -- The sleeping giant -- In the racial funhouse -- The book of Jeremiah -- "How long? Not long?" -- To the White House -- Epilogue -- Epiloge to the Vintage edition.
Subject: United States. Congress. Senate Biography
Legislators United States Biography
Illinois Politics and government 1951-
African American legislators Illinois Biography
African American politicians Illinois Chicago Biography
United States Politics and government 2001-2009
Presidential candidates United States Biography
Presidents United States Biography
Obama, Barack

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Albright Memorial Library 92 OBAMA (Text) 50686014051226 Storage Available -

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