Barack Obama : The Official Inaugural Book 2009, HC

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Detailed item infoSynopsisDavid Hume Kennerly and Robert McNeely led a team of world-class photographers to create this lavish celebration of Barack Obama\'s historic inauguration. These exclusive, behind-the-scenes photographs take the viewer on a journey from Obama\'s train ride from Philadelphia to the inaugural ceremony and the late night galas. Barack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book is the only commemorative edition officially approved by the Presidential Inaugural Committee and the White House.From the preface by Tom Brokaw:It was not in name and background alone that Barack Obama shattered conventional wisdom and created a new paradigm for running a presidential campaign. He symbolized a new America.Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly has worked for TIME, LIFE, ABC, and United Press International; was a contributing editor for Newsweek; and was the White House photographer for President Gerald R. Ford. His book, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford, was published in 2007.Photojournalist and Vietnam veteran Robert McNeely chronicled President Clinton\'s march to the White House and served for six years as Clinton\'s official photographer. In 1998, McNeely left his job at the White House to document the 2000 presidential race. In 2000, he selected images from more than twenty thousand rolls of film for The Clinton Years: The Photographs of Robert McNeely., Marking the first 100 days of the Barack Obama Administration, this official work from a collection of well-known photographers presents a lavish celebration of President Obama\'s inauguration., The only book commemorating Barack Obama\'\'s historic Inauguration to be licensed by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Barack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book lavishly documents the entire inaugural week, from Obama\'\'s \'\'Whistle Stop\'\' train ride to Washington to his first days in office. With exclusive access to inaugural events, former White House photographersDavid Hume Kennerly andRobert McNeely led a team of award-winning photojournalists to capture this historic celebration, from the vast crowd on the Mall to the grandeur of the President and First Lady taking their places on the world\'\'s stage, to the faces of people of all ages and races watching Obama take his oath of office. And for the first time in any official inaugural book, photographs chosen from tens of thousands of online submissions highlight the diverse perspectives of Americans at this important moment in ourhistory. Commemorating Obama\'\'s presidential innauguration in words as well as images, B arack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book includes a preface byTom Brokaw: \'\'Barack Obama understood that he was a consipicuous beneficiary of the heroic work of those generational brothers and sisters who marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., in the great nonviolent crusade for equal rights.\'\' The foreword by U.S. Representative and civil rights leaderJohn Lewis reminds us of the import of that day: \'\'Barack Obama\'\'s inauguration was a day of jubilee . . . It was as if a great weight had been lifted, and we all became aware that maybe, just maybe, we were beginning to lay down the burden of race in America.\'\' In his concluding essay, historianDouglas Brinkley meditates on the global stature of the man \'\'who defied odds makers and transcended race to become the 44th president of the United States.\'\' The book\'\'s timeless and elegant design juxtaposes spectacular photographs with personal written reflections on this unique celebration from a wide array of political leaders, influential thinkers, and cultural icons, such as Nelson Mandela, legendary musicianGraham Nash,Mary J. Blige, and French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy. Like the Obama campaign itself, Barack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book is a commemorative edition unlike any other in history. From the preface by Tom Brokaw: \'\'It was not in name and background alone that Barack Obama shattered conventional wisdom. . . . He symbolized a new America - more urban and more tolerant, impatient with the paralyzing effect of ideological gridlock, and longing for an authentic voice calling for hope in the face of fear.\'\' From the foreword by U.S. Representative John Lewis: \'\'Without the nonviolent resistance to legalized segregation and racial discrimination, without the modern-day Civil Rights movement and the action that took place in Selma, Alabama, in the early 1960s, there would be no Barack Obama. The march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 gave us the Voting Rights Act, and that act liberated not only a people, it freed an entire nation.\'\' From the essay by Douglas Brinkley: \'\'Barack Obama\'\'s inauguration stands as the most uplifting public spectacle in contemporary American history since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.\'\' About the Authors Tom Brokaw began covering the White House as a correspondent for NBC News in 1973 during the Watergate scandal. He was anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw for almost 25 years, and also served as the anchor of NBC\'\'s Today Show . He has won virtually every major award in broadcast journalism, including a dozen Emmys and two Peabody Awards, and is the author of the bestseller The Greatest Generation . U.S. Representative John Lewis was elected to Congress in 1986 and has served as U.S. Representative of Georgia\'\'s Fifth Congressional District since then. A leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, Lewis spoke at the 1963 March on Washington, and became nationally known during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches.
Product IdentifiersISBN-10 0979472792ISBN-13 9780979472794
Key DetailsNumber Of Pages 192 pagesFormat HardcoverPublication Date 2009-05-01Language EnglishPublisher Five Ties PublishingPublication Year 20090000
Additional DetailsIllustrated Yes
DimensionsWeight 45.6 OzHeight 0.9 In.Width 9.4 In.Length 11.9 In.
Target AudienceGroup Trade
ContributorsPhotographed by David Hume Kennerly, Pete Souza, Robert McNeelyPreface by Tom Brokaw
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