Barack Obama

By Sarah Parvis

A concise biography with candid photos revealing the story behind the history-making American president.

Get an inside look at the remarkable forty-fourth president of the United States. The first African American U.S. president and the first politician to apply twenty-first-century technology to an election and the presidency, he brought change to a nation during his eight years in office—and also changed history. From local community reformer to commander-in-chief, Barack Obama has lived the American dream. This is his story in pictures and in words.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Jul 30, 2013
• ISBN: 9781449445133

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CONTENTS

THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

YOUNG OBAMA

FINDING HIS CALLING

THE HISTORIC ELECTION

OBAMA’S FIRST DAYS

On July 27, 2004, Barack Hussein Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Boston and delivered a speech that changed the course of American politics. He captivated his audience, asking, Do we participate in a politics of cynicism, or do we participate in a politics of hope?

With the signature smooth delivery that the country would grow accustomed to, he described the kind of hope he was talking about. It’s the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a mill worker’s son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too.

That skinny kid with a funny name electrified the crowd with his message of hope, offering words that would echo