When President-elect Barack Obama appeared on “60 Minutes” on CBS on Sunday in his first interview since winning the election, he mentioned having read “a new book out about F .D. R.’s first 100 days” without specifically naming a title or author.
That tantalizing reference set off a scramble for the claim to First Reader rights all day Monday before a spokesman for Mr. Obama disclosed what the president-elect had actually read.
The publishers and authors of at least three such books that could fit Mr. Obama’s description each spent much of Monday wondering whether they had just gotten a plug from the soon-to-be leader of the free world.
Books mentioned in article
The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
FDR: The First Hundred Days (Critical Issue)
Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America
FDR
Another book mentioned in news
has also been mentioned in recent news stories in regards to Obama.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Example of “Team of Rivals” story
See: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/obama-proposes.html
Well its a change in the right direction
A president who actually reads books as well as writes them. I think the last time we had a truly literate president was Carter.
There has been no president who has garnered the same sort of international respect since Woodrow Wilson. When Wilson went to Europe after WWI, he was met by a crowd of 4 million people. This in a time when tranportation was not quite what it is today. Wilson was the most popular figure in the world during his time. Most people in other nations put him ahead of their own leaders with regard to respect and acclaim.