Bibliograph

Rising star, the making of Barack Obama, David J. Garrow

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Rising star, the making of Barack Obama, David J. Garrow

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical reference (pages 1085-1391) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rising star

Responsibility statement

David J. Garrow

Sub title

the making of Barack Obama

Summary

Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations

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