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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 49
Description
Remnick's major contribution to the river of Obama books is a sharply honed work of "biographical journalism" unique in its multiplicity of perspectives, contextual richness, and astute analysis of the president's "political, racial, and sentimental education." A Pulitzer Prize winner and editor of the New Yorker, Remnick draws on hundreds of interviews to convey the challenges Obama faced in the forging of a self and recognition of a calling. In...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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A portrayal of Joe Biden's long and eventful career in the Senate, his eight years as Obama's vice president, his sojourn in the political wilderness after being passed over for Hillary Clinton in 2016, his decision to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency, and his choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate.