Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MUZ3HCU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 563 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Moving around the globe, from Hawaii to Indonesia to the American Northeast and Midwest, Rising Star meticulously unpacks Obama's life, from his tumultuous upbringing in Honolulu and Jakarta, to his formative time as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side, working in some of the roughest neighbourhoods, to Cambridge, where he excelled at Harvard Law School, and finally back to Chicago, where he pursued his political destiny. In voluminous detail, drawn from more than 1,000 interviews and encyclopaedic documentary research, Garrow re
Barack Obama: pre-Presidential life "Rising Son: The Making of Barack Obama" by David Garrow, (May 2017).WOW! The first thing that impresses a reader is that this 1,Barack Obama: pre-Presidential life William Garrison Jr. "Rising Son: The Making of Barack Obama" by David Garrow, (May 2017).WOW! The first thing that impresses a reader is that this 1,461-paage tome feels like it weighs like a 10-lb. sack of flour (okay, really only 7.2 lbs.). About 78% of the book is analysis (1,078 pages), with the balance being: notes, bibliography, and index.The author deeply delves into studying the upbringing of U.S. Pres. Barack Hussein Obama from his childhood years up to his announcement that he would run for the office of the U.S. President in mid-January 2007. The author doesn't really analyze the 2008 presi. 61-paage tome feels like it weighs like a 10-lb. sack of flour (okay, really only 7.2 lbs.). About 78% of the book is analysis (1,078 pages), with the balance being: notes, bibliography, and index.The author deeply delves into studying the upbringing of U.S. Pres. Barack Hussein Obama from his childhood years up to his announcement that he would run for the office of the U.S. President in mid-January 2007. The author doesn't really analyze the 2008 presi. Author takes a narrow viewpoint and avoids criticizing Obama for Author takes a narrow viewpoint and avoids criticizing Obama for all his self- defense and careful avoidance of things that fit his self-image. Obama was not and i not a leader, but a bureaucrat intent on climbing up the greased pole but unable to release even one hand from the slippery slope long enough to wave a heroic flag for others to follow. Where did his big support come from? Who paid his way to Harvard? How did he suddenly rise from nowhere? Questions not well researched or totally avoided.. Great book, but tedious and overdetailed This book is too long and tedious.That's why I love it.Obama is highly controversial. This author has written an extremely detailed account of Obama's life. Extremely detailed. He interviewed a LOT of people, and he seems to have left nothing out.I bought the Kindle edition. I have been slogging through it for two weeks. I skipped 1/2 of the first chapter, since it doesn't begin to cover Obama until the 2nd chapter. I have gotten to his run for the US Senate.The book is fascinating except for the extreme detail. However, the devil is in the detail.So far, the impression is that O began as just an o