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Author Remnick, David.

Title The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama / David Remnick.

Imprint New York : Vintage Books, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  973.04 Ob1Br 2011    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st Vintage books ed.
Description x, 662 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "With a new epilogue"--Cover.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-629) and index.
Contents 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.
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.
Subject Obama, Barack.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
African American politicians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Illinois -- Biography.
Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Obama, Barack. (OCoLC)fst00348231
United States. Congress. Senate. (OCoLC)fst00530422
African American legislators. (OCoLC)fst00799220
African American politicians. (OCoLC)fst00799310
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidential candidates. (OCoLC)fst01075708
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
Illinois. (OCoLC)fst01205143
Illinois -- Chicago. (OCoLC)fst01204048
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Obama, Barack.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Chronological Term Since 1951
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
ISBN 9780375702303 (pbk.)
037570230X (pbk.)

 
    
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