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The Stories Americans Tell Their President
Doubleday
October 2011
On Sale: October 11, 2011
304 pages
ISBN: 0385534302
EAN: 9780385534307
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Every day, President Obama reads ten representative letters
among the thousands he receives from citizens across the
land. The letters come from people of all ages, walks of
life, and political points of view. Some are heartbreaking,
some angry, some hopeful. Indeed, Obama reads as many
letters addressed “Dear Jackass” as “Dear Mr. President.”
Eli Saslow, a young and rising star at the Washington Post,
became fascinated by the power of these letters and set out
to find the stories behind them. Through the lens of ten letters to which Obama responded
personally, this exceptionally relevant and poignant book
explores those individual stories, taking an in-depth look
at the misfortunes, needs, opinions, and, yes, anger over
the current state of the country that inspired ten people to
put pen to paper. Surprisingly, what also emerges from these
affecting personal narratives is a story about the
astounding endurance and optimism of the American people. Ten Letters is an inspiring and important book about
ordinary people and the issues they face every day—the very
issues that are shaping America’s future. This is not an
insider Washington book by any means, but a book for the
times that tells the real American stories of today.
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