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Long Time Coming The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign and the Historic Election of Barack Obama

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ISBN-10: 1586486071

ISBN-13: 9781586486075

Edition: 2009

Authors: Evan Thomas, Staff of Newsweek, Staff of Newsweek

List price: $22.95
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Since 1984, Newsweek has been renowned for its vivid, in-depth special election coverage of the ordeal of running for the presidency. A year before the election, Newsweek assigns reporters to get inside the campaigns of the Republican and Democratic candidates. Newsweek promises not to publish any information until after the votes are cast, and in exchange, the reporters receive remarkable access. They travel with the candidates, are there at crucial turning points and confidential meetings, and uncover stories not covered in day-to-day reporting. In this book, a compelling narrative by Evan Thomas, Newsweek shares the inside stories from one of the most exciting elections in recent…    
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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Publication date: 1/9/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Newsweek Editor-at-LargeEvan Thomashas written more than a hundred cover stories. His other books include a biography of Robert Kennedy and, most recently, theNew York TimesbestsellerSea of Thunder. The reporters on the election project team areEleanor Clift, one of Washington’s best-known political reporters and a regular on The McLaughlin Group, Washington correspondentDarren Briscoe,Mike Hastings,Nick Summers, andKatie Connolly.

Prologue by Jon Meacham: The Age of Obama
How He Did It
Back from the Dead
The Long Siege
Going into Battle
Center Stage
The Great Debates
The Final Days
Epilogue
An Interview with Barack Obama
Acknowledgments