About the Book: A Promised Land
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president
who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy. In the stirring, highly
anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the
story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to
leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his
political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic
presidency-a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil. Obama takes readers on
a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa
caucus victory that