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From the author of First In His Class, the definitive biography of Bill Clinton, When Pride Still Mattered, the bestselling biography of Vince Lombardi, and They Marched Into Sunlight, the classic saga of the Vietnam era—a stunning new multigenerational biography of Barack Obama. MORE

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Obama His Mother’s Son -David Maraniss, The Washington Post

Obama’s Military Connection -David Maraniss, The Washington Post

Barack Obama’s Old Girlfriend Matters -USNews.com

When Obama Was An Outsider -Salon.com

A Biographer Gets The Story
- The New Yorker

Vanity Fair Q&A: “David Maraniss on Interviewing Obama”

Clemente’s Helmet Tells a Story -Smithsonian Magazine

Barack Obama: The Story Receives High Praise from Booklist

Clinton and Obama: Presidential Parallels - The Washington Post

Q&A with David

Q.What compelled you to write this book on President Obama?

A.I had written several long profiles of Barack Obama for The Washington Post during the 2008 campaign, but had not committed to writing a book about him because of my dismay over the modern American political culture, which I felt made it increasingly problematic for serious political historians to pursue fact and truth amid the ideological rubble and rabble of the moment. READ MORE...