Obama: The Historic Journey

ThisistheremarkablestoryofBarackObama’sjourneytotheWhiteHouse,astoldbythegreatestculturalrecordersintheworld,thestaffoftheNewYorkTimes.FromthefirstmentionofBarackObamainitspages(whenhewaselectedPresidentoftheHarvardLawReview),tohiselectrifyingspeechatthe2004DemocraticConvention,tothedaysandmonthsofthehard-fought,innovativecampaignforPresidency,theNewYorkTimeshasdocumented,recorded,andanalyzedObamainallthewaysthathehasirrevocablychangedthiscountry.Intwelverichchapters,filledwithaward-winningphotosandgraphics,aswellastextfromNobelPrizeandPulitzer-winningcolumnistslikePaulKrugmanandThomasFriedman,andseasonedpoliticalreporterslikeAdamNagourney,theNewYorkTimestellsObama’sunlikelyandincrediblejourneyfromthebeginningallthewaytohisInaugurationasPresidentoftheUnitedStates.JillAbramson,theManagingEditoroftheTimeswillprovidebiographicaltextandBillKeller,theExecutiveEditor,willpentheintroduction.Throughout,therewillbeprofilesofimportantfiguresinObama’slifeandthecampaign–ValerieJarrett,HilaryClinton,JohnMcCain,hisparentsandgrandparents,MichelleObama.Obama’sownwriting,fromhismemoirsandspeechesacrossthecountry,willbeincluded,alongwithwhatwillsurelybeaniconic,ground-breakingspeech–hisInaugurationspeech.Thisbookwillbeatreasuredculturaldocumentandthepinnacleofelectioncoverage.Thisisthebestofthebestshowcasingthemostextraordinarypoliticaleventofrecenttimes.