Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MUZ3HCU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 165 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Barack Obama: pre-Presidential life" according to William Garrison Jr.. "Rising Son: The Making of Barack Obama" by David Garrow, (May 2017).WOW! The first thing that impresses a reader is that this 1,Barack Obama: pre-Presidential life William Garrison Jr. "Rising Son: The Making of Barack Obama" by David Garrow, (May 2017).WOW! The first thing that impresses a reader is that this 1,461-paage tome feels like it weighs like a 10-lb. sack of flour (okay, really only 7.2 lbs.). About 78% of the book is analysis (1,078 pages), with the balance being: notes, bibliography, and index.The author deeply delves into studying the upbringing of U.S. Pres. Barack Hussei. 61-paage tome feels like it weighs like a 10-lb. sack of flour (okay, really only 7.2 lbs.). About 78% of the book is analysis (1,078 pages), with the balance being: notes, bibliography, and index.The author deeply delves into studying the upbringing of U.S. Pres. Barack Hussei. Author takes a narrow viewpoint and avoids criticizing Obama for Amazon Customer Author takes a narrow viewpoint and avoids criticizing Obama for all his self- defense and careful avoidance of things that fit his self-image. Obama was not and i not a leader, but a bureaucrat intent on climbing up the greased pole but unable to release even one hand from the slippery slope long enough to wave a heroic flag for others to follow. Where did his big support come from? Who paid his way to Harvard. Great book, but tedious and overdetailed This book is too long and tedious.That's why I love it.Obama is highly controversial. This author has written an extremely detailed account of Obama's life. Extremely detailed. He interviewed a LOT of people, and he seems to have left nothing out.I bought the Kindle edition. I have been slogging through it for two weeks. I skipped 1/2 of the first chapter, since it doesn't begin to cover Obama until the 2nd cha
Now, at the end of his second presidential term, David J. Garrow delivers the most compelling and comprehensive Obama biography - as epic in vision and rigorous in detail as Robert Caro's The Power Broker. Barack Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted the little-known state senator from Illinois into the national spotlight. The definitive account of Barack Obama's life before he became the 44th president of the United States - the formative years, confluence of forces, and influential figures who helped shaped an extraordinary leader and his rise - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross. Three months later, Obama would win election to the US Senate; four years later he would make history as America's first black president. Moving around the globe, from Hawaii to Indonesia to the American Northeast and Midwest, Rising Star meticulously unpacks Obama's life, from his tumultuous upbringing in Honolulu and Jakar