Renegade: The Making of a President

A crisp clean hardcover, no markings throughout: Before the White House and Air Force One, before the TV ads and the enormou s rallies, there was the real Barack Obama: a man wrestling with the moment ous decision to run for the presidency, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics. This book is the previously untold and epic story of how a political newcom er with no money and an alien name grew into the world's most powerful lead er. But it is also a uniquely intimate portrait of the person behind the ic onic posters and the Secret Service code name Renegade. Drawing on a dozen unplugged interviews with the candidate and president, a s well as twenty-one months covering his campaign as it traveled from coast to coast, Richard Wolffe answers the simple yet enduring question about Ba rack Obama: Who is he Based on Wolffe's unprecedented access to Obama, Renegade reveals the makin g of a president, both on the campaign trail and before he ran for high off ice. It explains how the politician who emerged in an extraordinary electio n learned the personal and political skills to succeed during his youth and early career. With cool self-discipline, calculated risk taking, and simpl e storytelling, Obama developed the strategies he would need to survive the onslaught of the Clintons and John McCain, and build a multimillion-dollar machine to win a historic contest. In Renegade, Richard Wolffe shares with us his front-row seat at Obama's announcement to run for president on a frigid day in Springfield, and his victory speech on a warm night in Chicago. We fly on the c.

Product Info

ISBN: 0307463125

ISBN-13: 9780307463128

Publisher: Crown

Year: 2009

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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