Author(s): DOUGHERTY Steve

History/Politics

Barack Obama, the young black Democratic Senator for Illinois, is the rising star of American politics: the man who has emerged as the symbol of hope for America, a candidate for the next Presidential election raising the possibility of the first black U.S. President...Obama's own books (a memoir and a policy book) have figured highly on the "New York Times" bestsellers lists, but this is the first biographic portrait of the man, written by a leading journalist and filled with more than 150 lively photographs.