Barack and Joe: The Making of an Extraordinary Partnership Audiobook

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• “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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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