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The Inauguration of Barack Obama: A Photographic Journal

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The historic swearing-in of Barack Obama lives on in this 160-page commemorative photo book that documents the official ceremony, the parade, the crowds, the public and private moments, and the inaugural balls with all their finery. With images captured by the Washington Post's award-winning photographers and moments memorialized by Post writers, this hardcover volume is living history.

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 973.932 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- New Millennium, Post 9/11 (2001-Present) Barack Obama (2009-2017) Affordable Care Act, Osama bin Laden raid, Dodd-Frank Act
LCC: E908.3 .W37 — History of the United States Barack Obama's administration, 2009-
BISAC: PHO PHOTOGRAPHY Photoessays & Documentaries

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Published: 2009
Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, Politics and Government, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 973.932
LCC: E908.3 .W37

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