{"product_id":"9781451611120","title":"Deconstructing Obama : The Life, Loves, and Letters of America's First Postmodern President","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDeconstructing Obama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jack Cashill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781451611120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Threshold Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40886522511566,"sku":"9781451611120","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_bf84ab4b-d294-43ab-ab77-64b92fae554b.jpg?v=1644575161","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781451611120","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}