OBAMA

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - Barry from Hawaii
2. Chapter Two - Becoming Barack
3. Chapter Three - Harvard Law Superstar
4. Chapter Four - Dreams, Dads, and Deals
5. Chapter Five - The Illinois Game
6. Chapter Six - Lightning Strike
7. Chapter Seven - Hope and Hype
8. Chapter Eight - Built Different
9. Chapter Nine - Yes We Did
10. Chapter Ten - The First 100 Days
11. Chapter Eleven - The Healthcare War
12. Chapter Twelve - The Cloud Presidency
13. Chapter Thirteen - A Peace Prize with Teeth
14. Chapter Fourteen - Commander-in-Cool
15. Chapter Fifteen - Race and the Real
16. Chapter Sixteen - Gridlock and Games
17. Chapter Seventeen - The Trump Backlash
18. Chapter Eighteen - Cool Dad in the Clouds

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE Barry from Hawaii BARACK OBAMA DIDN’T grow up in a political dynasty. He didn’t have a famous last name, a silver spoon, or a path already carved. What he had was a weird mix of places, people, and questions. And somehow, it all worked. He was born in 1961, back when a mixed-race kid in America still raised eyebrows. His dad, Barack Sr., was a sharp-tongued economist from Kenya. His mom, Ann Dunham, was a curious, white girl from Kansas. They met at the University of Hawaii, got married fast, had a baby faster, and were basically done by the time little Barry was walking. So what happens when your mom is from Middle America, your dad is from Africa, your stepdad is from...