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EDITORIAL REVIEW: No story has been more central to America’s history this century than the rise of Barack Obama, and until now, no journalist or historian has written a book that\*\* \*\*fully investigates the circumstances and experiences of Obama’s life or explores the ambition behind his rise.\*\* \*\*Those familiar with Obama’s own best-selling memoir\*\* \*\*or his campaign speeches know the touchstones and details that he chooses to emphasize, but now—from a writer whose gift for illuminating the historical significance\*\* \*\*of unfolding events is without peer—we have a portrait, at once masterly and fresh,\*\* \*\*nuanced and unexpected, of a young man in search of himself,\*\* \*\*and of a rising politician determined to become the first African-American president.\*The Bridge\* offers the most complete account yet of\*\* \*\*Obama’s tragic father, a brilliant economist who abandoned\*\* \*\*his family and ended his life as a beaten man;\*\* \*\*of his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham,\*\* \*\*who had a child as a teenager and then built her career as an anthropologist living and studying in Indonesia;\*\* \*\*and of the succession of elite institutions that first exposed Oba

Who reads The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama?

Author

David Remnick

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307594709

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Political Science, History

Rating

4.04 / 5 (3,244 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14