Steven Levingston is the author of Little Demon in the City of Light, Kennedy and King, which was named a New York Times Editor's Choice selection and a Washington Post Notable Book of 2017, and Barack and Joe. The non-fiction book editor of the Washington Post, he has lived and worked in Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Paris, and Washington and reported and edited for the Wall Street Journal and International Herald Tribune
"Barack and Joe brilliantly recounts the remarkable friendship of
two very different American leaders. The Obama-Biden axis remains
the most potent force in Democratic politics. As the 2020 election
nears, this remarkable and timely book will be a must-read for
informed voters of every persuasion. Highly recommended!"--Douglas
Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of American Moonshot:
John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
"By reminding us of these great leaders and their accomplishments,
this book will fuel your passion for the new work we still need to
do in our society today."--Congressman John Lewis
"Comparing and contrasting disparate historical figures can easily
be artificial, misleading, even gimmicky. Steven Levingston,
however, has walked this tightrope magnificently... As is always
the case with major contributions to our understanding,
Levingston's is grounded in diligent research and
detail."--Washington Post
"Insightful and well-crafted.... At a time when cynicism about our
political system abounds, [Kennedy and King] reminds us that
outsiders can prod those in power toward progress and
reform."--Wall Street Journal
"Levingston weaves a lively narrative about an unlikely alliance
between the taciturn Obama and gregarious, voluble Biden. . . . As
Levingston recounts their relationship during the campaign's high
and low points and throughout eight years of facing economic,
social, and military crises, he points out many occasions when the
two men seemed close. In particular, Obama's demonstrative sympathy
for Biden when his son Beau died of brain cancer is compelling
evidence of the sincerity of his friendship and love."--Kirkus
Reviews
"Levingston, a gifted diviner of our political ethos and an
eloquent chronicler of our national tendencies, delves purposefully
into the relationship between Obama and Biden, showing how it was
the magical melding of two forceful personalities who were quite
dissimilar in many ways, but no less capable of turning their
differences into national benefit.... This buddy film come-to-life
is a magnificent story told with poetic verve by a writer who sets
his study up like a thriller and crafts it with the pace and
surprise of a first-rate novel."--Michael Eric Dyson, from the
Foreword
"Particularly now, with Biden's status as a front-runner for the
2020 Democratic presidential nomination challenged, a tinge of
nostalgia informs Levingston's deeply insightful, highly readable
narrative."
--The National Book Review
"Steven Levingston's brisk, lucid, and essential portrait of the
relationship between Barack Obama and his Vice President tells us
much that we did not know before- and at a moment when
understanding that relationship will be crucial to deciding who
should be the next President."
--Michael Beschloss
"There may then be no better time for the first in-depth
exploration of [the Obama-Biden] relationship, offered by Steven
Levingston in the simply and appropriately titled Barack and
Joe.'"--The Washington Post
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