BARACK OBAMA's Book: "Dreams of My Father"

[liberalpragmatist]

Sounds like a great book. I want to read it.



> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1400082773/qid=1091842088/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-7996882-0643864?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

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Speech Gives a Boost to Obama's 'Dreams'
By J. Michael Kennedy, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-et-kennedy6aug06,1,5939796.story?coll=la-news-elect2004

Nine years ago, Obama's memoir, "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance," was published to good reviews and lackluster sales. The best estimate his publisher and agent can come up with is that it sold around 15,000 copies.

But after his rousing keynote address at the convention last week, the country is smitten with Obama-mania, and the Crown Publishing Group is racing to ship copies of the book to stores around the country. The first reprinting of nearly 50,000 books has been shipped out, and Crown is trying to determine how many more it may need for a second printing, which will contain a copy of his convention speech.

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The story of the book — how it came into being and how it came to be republished — has some unexpected twists. It began when literary agent Jane Dystel read a newspaper account in 1990 of how Obama had become the first African American to be elected president of the Harvard Law Review. Sensing a good story, Dystel contacted Obama. But it was years after that first meeting that Obama delivered the manuscript and years more before it was finally published in 1995.

"The thing that struck me was his writing, which was unbelievably gorgeous," Dystel said.

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[liberalpragmatist]

1. giving this a kick

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