The Audacity of Hope
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| Author | Barack Obama |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Political convictions |
| Publisher | Crown |
| Released | October 17, 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-307-23769-9 |
| Preceded by | Dreams from My Father |
The Audacity of Hope : Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is the second book written by U.S. Senator Barack Obama.[1] It is currently the number three bestseller on the New York Times nonfiction list.[2]
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[edit] About the author
The junior U.S. Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama, was propelled to national prominence at the 2004 Democratic Convention when he delivered a rousing keynote address entitled The Audacity of Hope. In the less than 20 minutes it took to deliver the speech, Obama was catapulted to sudden fame, with many analysts predicting that he may be well-positioned to enter a future presidential race. In 2006, Obama released The Audacity of Hope, a book-length account that expands upon many of the same themes he originally addressed in the convention speech that bore the same title.
[edit] Quote: The audacity of hope
In his addressing to the Democratic National Convention in 2004,
| “ | In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope? John Kerry calls on us to hope. John Edwards calls on us to hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism here -- the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don't talk about it, or the health care crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it. No, I'm talking about something more substantial. It's the hope of slaves sitting around a fire singing freedom songs; the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores; the hope of a young naval lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta; the hope of a millworker's son who dares to defy the odds; the hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. The audacity of hope![3] | ” |
[edit] References
- ^ Kakutani, Michiko. New York Times. Obama’s Foursquare Politics, With a Dab of Dijon. October 17, 2006
- ^ Julie Bosman, Obama’s New Book Is a Surprise Best Seller, New York Times, November 9, 2006
- ^ The transcript of a speech by Barack Obama
[edit] External links
- Wiki summary of The Audacity of Hope - includes chapter summaries.
- Gary Hart, "American Idol", New York Times, December 24, 2006. Retrieved on January 16, [2007]
- Michael Tomasky, The Phenomenon, New York Review of Books, November 30, 2006
- Senator Barack Obama talks at length about the "The Audacity of Hope" with Bob Herbert, video and real-time transcript, October 20, 2006.
- A review of Barack Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" California Literary Review
