{"product_id":"deconstructing-obama-the-life-loves-and-letters-of-americas-first-postmodern-president-9781451611120","title":"Deconstructing Obama: The Life, Loves, and Letters of America's First Postmodern President","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat's the Matter with California? \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a bold, well-researched examination of whether Barack Obama's \u003ci\u003eDreams from My Father\u003c\/i\u003e-- and whether it is more myth than fact. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did Barack Obama, a man who had previously written little else, suddenly pen what \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine calls \"the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician\"? Here, in \u003ci\u003eDeconstructing Obama\u003c\/i\u003e, political scholar and author Jack Cashill analyzes and pieces together Obama's statements about his life to get at the truth behind the man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCashill's \"eureka\" moment came when he realized that the structure of \u003ci\u003eDreams of My Father \u003c\/i\u003eloosely mirrors that of Homer's Odyssey. From the moment of that revelation, Cashill researched, read, and examined interviews, writings, and statements about the President's life story, focusing especially on a poem written when Obama was nineteen. According to the facts, in conjunction with Obama's statements and writings, Cashill's conclusion is that the stories don't add up--and for the nearly 2 million people who read and accepted the story about Obama's life--the truth is that it may be more myth than history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Threshold Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451611120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d","brand":"Jack Cashill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36651358781596,"sku":"9781451611120","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2c5e62c8-625e-4723-bca3-bf68ad34dc1d.jpg?v=1603877476","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/deconstructing-obama-the-life-loves-and-letters-of-americas-first-postmodern-president-9781451611120","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}