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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 Cross

Barack 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 Oba

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: 05/06/2018
      ISBN13: 9780062641847, 978-0062641847
      ISBN10: 0062641840
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      New York Times Bestseller

      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 Cross

      Barack 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 Oba

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