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Non-Fiction

dhill926

(16,335 posts)

5. yes...plowing my way thru it bit by bit...

Reply to AngryOldDem (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2020, 07:11 PM

Dec 2020

he really is a very good writer. The tone is conversational...really well done. And having been born and raised in Illinois, I especially enjoyed the parts about his early career there. Totally forgot he got crushed by Bobby Rush in a congressional election...

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Anybody else reading "A Promised Land" by Barack Obama? [View all] AngryOldDem Dec 2020 OP

I appreciate the humanity in his writing. madaboutharry Dec 2020 #1

Yes! AngryOldDem Dec 2020 #3

Yes - stalled out after 100 pages - I will pick it up this weekend MaryMagdaline Dec 2020 #2

Just started a couple of days ago............. secondwind Dec 2020 #4

yes...plowing my way thru it bit by bit... dhill926 Dec 2020 #5

"plowing your way through". Implies he's not a good writer. Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2020 #9

I've been savoring it slowly Docreed2003 Dec 2020 #6

It is an excellent book; reflects the intelligence and ambitious goals he strived to enact. northoftheborder Dec 2020 #7

Another volume is coming. AngryOldDem Dec 2020 #8