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05947cam a2200649 i 4500 001 1916F34EBF1811EC980CF81F283FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20220418080436 008 200917t20202020nyuaf 001 0aeng c 020 $a 0593239040 020 $a 9780593239049 020 $a 1524763160 020 $a 9781524763169 035 $a (OCoLC)1196086067 040 $a FFL $b eng $e rda $c FFL $d ZQP $d GK8 $d BDX $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d IZ2 $d UAP $d ILC $d RCJ $d FBP $d TCH $d NYP $d ZGR $d LE@ $d JQM $d OCLCO $d GSU $d CDX $d HF9 $d T3Q $d OCLCO $d IBQ $d OCLCO $d CTL $d PRN $d YDX $d ZGR $d TXCAN $d NHP $d JUA $d HQD $d UBY $d PAU $d EAU $d Z#6 $d OCLCO $d TEU $d COH $d S1C $d CLU $d UND $d GYG $d KK2 $d OCLCO $d ZVR $d OCLCO $d PBF $d OCLCO $d STQ $d OCLCO $d P2Q $d OCLCO $d MHW $d OCLCO $d J@R $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E908 $b .A3 2020 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Obama, Barack, $e author. 245 12 $a A promised land / $c Barack Obama. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Crown, $c [2020] 300 $a xvi, 751 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 00 $g Preface -- $t On the high wire. $t Yes we can -- $t Renegade -- $t The good fight -- $t The world as it is -- $t In the barrel -- $t On the high wire. 520 $a Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil. 520 $a In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil. Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune's Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden. A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective--the story of one man's bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of "hope and change," and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible. This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day. -- Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Obama, Barack. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American politicians $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2009-2017. 650 1 $a Racially mixed people $z United States $x Biography. 650 6 $a Hommes politiques noirs ameÌricains $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 $z EÌtats-Unis $0 (CaQQLa)201-0407727 $v Biographies. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement $y 2009-2017. $0 (CaQQLa)000300923 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black. $2 bisacsh 600 17 $a Obama, Barack $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00348231 650 7 $a African American politicians $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799310 650 7 $a Politics and government $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Presidents $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. $2 sears 650 7 $a African American politicians $v Biography. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Politics and government. $2 sears 648 7 $a 2009-2017 $2 fast 655 2 $a Autobiography $0 (DNLM)D020493 655 7 $a Autobiographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000520 776 08 $i Online version: $a Obama, Barack. $t Promised land. $d New York : Crown, [2020] $z 9781524763183 $w (OCoLC)1222058639 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20220418134202.0 $n 5 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1916F34EBF1811EC980CF81F283FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search