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Destiny Calling
Charles M. Madigan
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Description for Destiny Calling
Hardback. Americans from around the country tell how the previous eight years of failed policies have shaped their personal fate and prompted them to vote for a newcomer blazing the banner of change. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
On a bitter cold day in 2007—nearly 150 years after Abraham Lincoln's inauguration—United States Senator Barack Obama of Illinois gathered his supporters at the old state capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Very new to the national political arena, he made an audacious announcement: "If you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the ... Read more
On a bitter cold day in 2007—nearly 150 years after Abraham Lincoln's inauguration—United States Senator Barack Obama of Illinois gathered his supporters at the old state capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Very new to the national political arena, he made an audacious announcement: "If you feel destiny calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe past and future generations, then I'm ready to take up the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566637787
SKU
V9781566637787
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About Charles M. Madigan
Charles M. Madigan, who spent many of his forty years in journalism writing about politics for UPI and the Chicago Tribune, is presidential writer in residence at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He recently edited –30–: The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. For more information, see www.destinycallingbook.com.
Reviews for Destiny Calling
Even Americans who can’t stand politics were sorry to see Barrack Obama’s victorious quest for the presidency come to an end in 2008. That man-whips-windmill saga provided a burst of positivism and energy in a bleak year of economic angst. The good news is that Charles M. Madigan has brought this story back to life—with value added in the form ... Read more