Rising Star

Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama s formative years that made him the man who became the forty fourth president of the United States from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Bearing the CrossBarack Obama s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America s first African American president In this penetrating biography, David J Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of Barack Obama, creating a rich tapestry of a life little understood, until now.Rising Star The Making of Barack Obama captivatingly describes Barack Obama s tumultuous upbringing as a young black man attending an almost all white, elite private school in Honolulu while being raised almost exclusively by his white grandparents After recounting Obama s college years in California and New York, Garrow charts Obama s time as a Chicago community organizer, working in some of the city s roughest neighborhoods his years at the top of his Harvard Law School class and his return to Chicago, where Obama honed his skills as a hard knuckled politician, first in the state legislature and then as a candidate for the United States Senate.Detailing a scintillating, behind the scenes account of Obama s 2004 speech, a moment that labeled him the Democratic Party s rising star, Garrow also chronicles Obama s four years in the Senate, weighing his stands on various issues against positions he had taken years earlier, and recounts his thrilling run for the White House in 2008.In Rising Star, David J Garrow has created a vivid portrait that reveals not only the people and forces that shaped the future president but also the ways in which he used those influences to serve his larger aspirations This is a gripping read about a young man born into uncommon family circumstances, whose faith in his own talents came face to face with fantastic ambitions and a desire to do good in the world Most important, Rising Star is an extraordinary work of biography tremendous in its research and storytelling, and brilliant in its analysis of the all too human struggles of one of the most fascinating politicians of our time. 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Garrow ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book, Rising Star The Making of Barack Obama by Dr David Garrow, is difficult for me to write about At 1,472 pages including a couple hundred pages of source notes , this book was a behemoth and quite dense although extremely well researched and documented In an interview with Dr Garrow, he stated that he spent 9 years conducting interviews and researching the material for this biography of Barack Obama Although the book seemed at times overly detailed, I admit that I am in awe of D This book, Rising Star The Making of Barack Obama by Dr David Garrow, is difficult for me to write about At 1,472 pages including a couple hundred pages of source notes , this book was a behemoth and quite dense although extremely well researched and documented In an interv...The New York Times book review described Rising Star as tedious bloated I agree 100% Rising Star The Making of Barack Obama is a mammoth endeavor This book is very,very,very long and to make matters worse I didn t learn anything important that I didn t already know This book could ve really used a editor. Badly You would think at well over 1000 pages you would learn something about our 44th President but nope Nothing. The entire 8 year Obama Presidency is smushed into a 50 page e The New York Times book review described Rising Star as tedious bloated I agree 100% Rising Star The Making of Barack Obama is a mammoth endeavor This book is very,very,very long and to make matters worse I didn t learn anything important that I didn t already know This book could ve really used a editor. Badly You would think at well over 1000 pages you would learn something about our 44th ...yes, I m curious, but I m not sure I can get through a 1461 pages long non fictional bookA difficult book to rate with this genre, it s not really possible to like the book it sthat one can appreciate the work without necessarily agreeing with the author or accepting his conclusions The book is 1400 pages, over 7 pounds, extremely small type It seems to be meticulously researched, has 400 pages of notes, references and index It ends just before the 2008 campaign so the author probably has a second volume planned It is not particularly complimentary to the f...This is the quintessential political biography of our time I was completely enad with this book from start to finish Garrow spent over 9 years on his research, and it shows His attention to detail is incredible The book itself is highly informative but remains accessible throughout For those complaining about the length, I don t know what to tell you The rise of Barack Obama is an incredible story and deserves a comprehensive examination, which this book provides in spades I could not This is the quintessential political ...An exhaustive and often fascinating look at Obama before he was president from the same historian who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the character flaws of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Could ve done without the first and last chapters, but otherwise the author does a great job at cutting through all the myths about Barack Obama.The myth of his name He actually grew up Barry, a spoiled kid raised by upper middle class white grandparents in Hawaii He didn t call himself Barack until college whe An exhaustive and often fascinating look at Obama before he was president from the same historian who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the character flaws of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Could ve done without the first and last chapters, but otherwise the author does a great job at cutting through all the myths about Barack Obama.The myth of his name He actually grew up Barry, a spoiled kid raised by upper m...3 1 2OMG, atthan 1,084 pages plus 275 pages of notes , Rising Star based onthan 1,000 interviews and consultations, and just about everything that was written about the 44th president Sometimes the book feels tedious and just too much of a good thing Incidents and Statements are repeated often enough that a reader might feel they ve lost their place and were rereading what they d already read If there is an advantage to this it is that the reader can cherry pick those things that 3 1 2OMG, atthan 1,084 pages plus 275 pages of notes , Rising Star based onthan 1,000 interviews and consultations, and just about everything that was written about the 44th president Sometimes the book feels tedious and just too much of a good thing Incidents and Statements are repeated often enough that a reader might feel they ve lost their place and were rereading what they d already read If there is an advantage to this it is that the reader can cherry pick those things tha...Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him Then politics got in the way.in biography stirs controversy with tales of politics, sex and a rising starin it was,guess whoVery good book, but learned nothing new Could have used another Editor, the opening chapters concerning the steel companies in Chicago were quite tedious Very long book but as I said learned nothing new But well worth the Read.At over 1000 pages I haven t actually read every word but certainly enough to be impressed Among other things Garrow exhaustively covers Chicago issues and politics displaying a thorough and balanced view His description of Obama s character and career is similarly thorough and balanced but won t be seen that way by Obamamanaics because he reveals the weaknesses as well as the strengths of Obama s not totally likable personality This is far from a gossipy, journalistic tell all Garrow is an At over 1000 pages I haven t actually read every word but certainly enough to be impressed Among other things Garrow exhaustively covers Chicago issues and politics displaying a thorough and bala...

• 09 September 2017
David J. Garrow
• ebook
• 1472 pages
• 0062641859
• David J. Garrow
• Rising Star