Synopses & Reviews
Who exactly andlt;Iandgt;isandlt;/Iandgt; Bill Clinton, and why was he, of all the brilliant and ambitious men in his generation, the first in his class to reach the White House? Drawing on hundreds of letters, documents, and interviews, David Maraniss explores the evolution of the personality of our forty-second president from his youth in Arkansas to his 1991 announcement that he would run for the nation's highest office. In this richly textured and balanced biography, Maraniss reveals a complex man full of great flaws and great talents. andlt;Iandgt;First in His Classandlt;/Iandgt; is the definitive book on Bill Clinton.
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andlt;divandgt;Steve Neal Chicago Sun-Times First in His Class is a triumph of American political biography.
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Joan Duffy andlt;Iandgt;The Commercial Appealandlt;/Iandgt; Finally, a real book on Bill Clinton.
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Jonathan Alter andlt;Iandgt;The Washington Monthlyandlt;/Iandgt; This is a first-rate political biography. To understand why the shorthand on this man [Clinton] is so insufficient, this book is essential.
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Steve Neal andlt;Iandgt;Chicago Sun-Timesandlt;/Iandgt; andlt;Iandgt;First in His Classandlt;/Iandgt; is a triumph of American political biography.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-500) and index.
About the Author
Born in Detroit, David Maraniss is an associate editor at andlt;Iandgt;The Washington Postandlt;/Iandgt;. Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prizeandndash;winning journalist and bestselling author of andlt;Iandgt;First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clintonandlt;/Iandgt;; andlt;Iandgt;Rome 1960: The Olympics that Stirred the World;andlt;/Iandgt; andlt;Iandgt;Barack Obama: The Storyandlt;/Iandgt;; andlt;Iandgt;Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseballandrsquo;s Last Heroandlt;/Iandgt;; andlt;Iandgt;They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967andlt;/Iandgt;; andandlt;Iandgt; When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardiandlt;/Iandgt;, which was hailed by andlt;Iandgt;Sports Illustratedandlt;/Iandgt; as andldquo;maybe the best sports biography ever published.andrdquo; He lives in Washington, DC and Madison, Wisconsin.