'President Obama: The Path to the White House' - Time Commemorative Edition

I have looked through several commemorate books about Barack Obama, and Time's President Obama: The Road to the White House is my favorite. It combines photographs with essays about Obama that were published in Time over the past several years. The combination provides a striking look at how Obama won the Presidency in 2008. President Obama: The Road to the White House is well organized, beautifully written (by several authors) and a keepsake for any admirer of the 44th President of the United States.

President Obama: The Road to the White House is a slim volume for a keepsake book. Indeed, one could easily fill three times as many pages with photos of Barack Obama's life and historic campaign. The editor's of Time were selective, though, and chose to highlight iconic photographs by Callie Shell. They wove these photos between articles that about Obama that Time has published over the past several years.

Although I would have enjoyed more photographs, I enjoyed the perspective that Shell provides through the ones that are included. Not only are the photos excellent, but the captions provide an inside look at Barack Obama and his family. Who knew, for instance, that the Obamas watched a hot dog eating contest on TV together on the Fourth of July before going to campaign events?

The ten articles by eight different authors are well written, and tell the story of how Obama became who he is and how he captured Americans' imaginations.

President Obama: The Path to the White House is a little gushing. Of course, this is a commemorative book, not a journalistic critique of the man. If you are a fan of Obama, you will be pleased with this keepsake.