First published 2008
Barack Obama begins his presidential campaign on February 10, 2007, standing where Abraham Lincoln once spoke against slavery at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. The junior senator from Chicago faces eighteen months of grueling competition that will take him from Iowa's snowy caucuses to the complex world of Democratic superdelegates. Obama must overcome an entrenched party establishment that never expected his candidacy to succeed. His campaign team rewrites the rules of modern presidential politics as they fight for every delegate. Through 150 color photographs, this collection documents both the public spectacles and private moments that defined Obama's journey. The images capture a transformative period in American politics as Obama becomes the first African American to secure a major party's presidential nomination.
Genres: african-american, biography-memoir, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: against-the-odds, underdog
Setting: Springfield, Illinois
Period: 2007
160 pages · Hardcover · Amistad