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2. Obama, Barack: The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election

Author

Widmer, Ted, Greenberg, David, and Ocampo, Victoria

Subjects
The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory (Biography) -- Plouffe, David -- Book reviews, The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election (Biography) -- Balz, Dan -- Johnson, Haynes -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews
Abstract

Obama, Barack The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election. Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson. New York: Viking, 2009. 415 pp. $29.95. "The book has many strengths, [...]

Published
2010

3. Power Brokers: Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power

Author

Widmer, Ted

Subjects
Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power (Biography) -- Seib, Gerald, Books -- Book reviews, Humanities
Abstract

Power Brokers Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power. John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib. New York: Random House, 2008. 260 pp. $26.00. 'Through a series of sharp vignettes and character [...]

Published
2008

4. Navigating the Age of Exploration.

Author

Widmer, Ted

Subjects
PUBLISHED reprints, GEOGRAPHICAL discoveries, SURPRISE, EXPLORERS, UNITED States history
Abstract

A reprint of the article "Navigating the Age of Exploration," by Ted Widmer is presented. It focuses on the Age of Exploration which, according to the author, can help restore the capacity of people for astonishment that have lost in the 21st century. It mentions the ignorance of people about specific explorers and the impact of their arrival on a place. It tells the advantages of a study of the Age of Exploration such as clarifying the prevailing assumptions of the U.S. history.

Published
2007

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