Obama: From Promise to Power

Abstract

1st ed. A journalist who has covered the senator and presidential candidate since his campaign for the Senate offers a portrait that features his childhood and youth in Hawaii and his embrace of seemingly ruthless campaign tactics. Acknowledgments -- 1. The ascent -- 2. Dreams from his mother -- 3. Just call me Barry -- 4. The mainland -- 5. The organizer -- 6. Harvard -- 7. Sweet home Chicago -- 8. Politics -- 9. The legislator -- 10. The New Rochelle Train -- 11. The candidate -- 12. The consultant -- 13. The race factor -- 14. The real deal -- 15. Hull on wheels -- 16. The small screen -- 17. A victory lap -- 18. A dash to the center -- 19. The Ryan files -- 20. The speech -- 21. Back to Illinois -- 22. The Senator -- 23. South Africa -- 24. Nairobi -- 25. Siaya : A father's home -- 26. LeBron Revisited -- Notes.