Rising Star by David J. Garrow
The Making of Barack Obama
An exhaustive, often critical biography of Barack Obama tracing his formative years, from childhood and community organizing in Chicago through Harvard Law School and Illinois politics to his rise to national prominence. Drawing on extensive interviews and documents, it portrays a fiercely ambitious figure who carefully shaped his public identity, examines key relationships, mentors, and the role of race, religion, and narrative in his career, and revisits controversies that influenced his path. It emphasizes the construction of his persona and the gap between self-myth and political reality.
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- Published
- 2017
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Very Long
- Pages
- 1400-1500
- Original Language
- English
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