num_pages: 320
description: Nominated for a 2017 NAACP Image Award: Best Biography or Memoir Peter Bakers authoritative history of the Obama presidency is the first complete account that will stand the test of time. Baker takes the measure of Obamas achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who as he described himself doesnt look like all the presidents on the dollar bills. With vivid color photographs by New York Times photographers and others of the events major and minor public and behind-the scenes that defined Barack Obamas eight years in office Obama: The Call of History is a portrait in full of Americas first African-American president against the background of these tumultuous times.
language: English
title: Obama: The Call of History
publisher: New York Times/Callaway