Rising Star

Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth President of the United States. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David J. Garrow, Rising Star takes readers beyond the image of an exceptional leader and extraordinary orator to reveal a young man's character and passions, his relationships and how they were affected by his choices, and his early career in law and politics—the life that made him such a dynamic and inspirational leader.