David Maraniss, author of Barack Obama: The Story
Boswell Book Company, Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 7pm
Rich in atmosphere, emotion, and history, Barack Obama: The Story is the definitive account of the president’s early life and the influences that formed him. The facts are not new, though the forensic-level detail is: the scope and depth of this biographer’s charting offers unique insight into the development and character of a person everyone seems to believe they know and understand. Impeccably researched and related, with the already-famous excerpts from his college girlfriend’s diary (less salacious, more psychologically fascinating) resting alongside detailed explorations of the distant family members Obama never knew, Maraniss seeks to know the real Obama: a complex, cautious young man who was a “perpetual outsider” and “keen observer,” someone whose dalliances with pot are less vital than his choice to pursue social justice, activism, find his own roots and become a success in a uniquely American way.
About the Author David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post. In addition to Barack Obama: The Story, he is the author or co-author of seven critically acclaimed and bestselling books, including When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, They Marched Into Sunlight and Clemente. A three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Maraniss won the Pulitzer for national reporting in 1993 for his newspaper coverage of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. He also was part of The Washington Post team that won a 2008 Pulitzer for the newspaper's coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting.
Location: Street: 2559 N Downer Ave City: Milwaukee, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53211-4242 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
About the Author David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post. In addition to Barack Obama: The Story, he is the author or co-author of seven critically acclaimed and bestselling books, including When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, They Marched Into Sunlight and Clemente. A three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Maraniss won the Pulitzer for national reporting in 1993 for his newspaper coverage of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton. He also was part of The Washington Post team that won a 2008 Pulitzer for the newspaper's coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting.
Location: Street: 2559 N Downer Ave City: Milwaukee, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53211-4242 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
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