Mendell, David <br/><br/>
Obama :  from promise to power / 
David Mendell 
 - New York :  Amistad,  c2007 
 - x, 406 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-406) 
<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060858209 0060858206 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Obama, Barack
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress.  Senate --Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidential candidates--United States--Biography<br/>African American legislators--Biography<br/>Legislators--United States--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--2001-2009