Brief biography of barack obama

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

biography by David Remnick

The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama is a biography of Barack Obama, written by journalist David Remnick. More than pages long, it concentrates particularly on Obama's rise to power and the presidency of the United States.

Zak resnick biography of barack obama The biography for President Obama and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States. His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the.

In its first week of release it placed at No. 3 on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover nonfiction.[1]

Content

The book's title is a literal reference to a comment made by John Lewis, one of the leaders of the Selma to Montgomery marches of , on the eve of Obama's presidential inauguration, referring to the police attack on demonstrators at the Edmund Pettus Bridge: "Barack Obama is what comes at the end of that bridge in Selma."[2] Some reviewers have noted that the title refers more figuratively to a bridging of people of different races, and a span across time.[2][3]

The book, approximately pages, is based on interviews with many who were close to Obama, and with Obama himself.

It places Obama's career in the context of the American civil rights movement, Obama's family, and influential figures from the political establishment in Chicago, Illinois,[2] covering Remnick's assessment of Obama's poise, charisma, negotiation skills, ambition, and political calculations made during his formative years. It also describes Obama's efforts at self-creation, and of understanding his relationship with his estranged father.[2]

Reception

Patricia Williams, in The New York Times, described the book as "studious and encyclopedic"[3] while John R.

MacArthur, writing in The Spectator, accused Remnick of "mythmaking," saying the book has "all the tell-tale signs of an authorised biography."[4]

References

External links

  • AuthorsGoogle: David Remnick, Google, YouTube, April 29,
  • Interview with Remnick on The Bridge, April 7, , C-SPAN
  • Interview with Remnick on The Bridge at the 10th annual National Book Festival, September 25, , C-SPAN
  • Presentation by Remnick on The Bridge at the 10th annual National Book Festival, September 25, , C-SPAN