Lot #77: Obama: The Call of History (2017) by Peter Baker

Coffee table book and authoritative history of the Obama presidency by Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, political analyst for MSNBC, and authour. In this book, Baker takes the measure of Obama’s achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who, as he described himself, “doesn’t look like all the presidents on the dollar bills.” With vivid colour photographs by New York Times photographers and others of the events, major and minor, public and behind-the scenes, that defined Barack Obama’s eight years in office, Obama: The Call of History is a portrait in full of America’s first African-American president against the background of tumultuous times. Hardcover book. Dimensions: Approximately 12 x 10 inches. Pickup category timeslot {A}