Sometime in my sixteenth year, i decided i wanted to be in public life as an elected official. President bill clintonsmy lifeis the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. President bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. My life by bill clinton abebooks passion for books. The first and better half, narrates clintons rollercoaster political apprenticeship up to the triumphant presidential campaign of 1992. Jun 20, 2004 cnn former president bill clinton said in a television interview sunday that his relationship with white house intern monica lewinsky was a terrible moral error but insisted he wears his. President bill clinton s my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. Clinton painstakingly outlines the history behind his greatest successes and failures, including his dedication to educational and economic reform, his war against a. Delivering the keynote address to almost 3,000 rapt booksellers. President bill clinton s my life is the strikingly candid portrait of the 42nd u.
The best biographies of bill clinton my journey through. Clinton approaches the story of his youth with gusto, sharing tales of giant watermelons, ninepound tumors, a charging ram, famous mobsters and jazz musicians, and a bb gun standoff. But maneys clear focus is with the clinton presidency. President bill clinton s my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. In 1992 the republicans insisted he was nothing more than. President bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his. For my life is not only a bid to restore clintons own reputation chiefly by pointing up his achievement in securing a decade of relative peace and prosperity but also the second wave of a. My life by bill clinton read an excerpt from my life, former president bill clinton s autobiography. Bill clinton books list of books by author bill clinton.
In the time he spent writing, clinton could have been paid to make speeches. Bill clinton unabridged audiobook, parts 1 and 2cassettes bill clinton on. An exhaustive, soulsearching memoir, bill clinton s my life is a refreshingly candid look at the former president as a son, brother, teacher, father, husband, and public figure. My life quotes by bill clinton goodreads share book. Through my life, you learn interesting and startling facts about president clintons growing up days, including, when his step father in his drunken state picked up a gun and shot at his mother, who narrowly escaped death. Everybody else is, from hank aaron to gennady zyuganov to the guy designing dioramas for clinton s presidential library.
The unreported stories is a critical biography about certain episodes during the administration of former united states president bill clinton by english author and investigative journalist ambrose evanspritchard. Knopf, 2004, first edition, signed on book plate which has been affixed to the first title page. His life follows bill clinton through his college days as a war protester, his years of purported womanizing as governor of arkansas, his possible connections to drug trafficking and subsequent murders, filegate, the whitewater scandal and his questionable decisions, campaign financing and practices during his two terms as president of the united states always in the shadow of wife hillary. My life by bill clinton, first edition abebooks passion for books. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from hope, arkansas, to the. Bill clinton, my life, a book report bob smiths blog. My life by bill clinton and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. President bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. My life bill clinton hillary clinton first edition signed. Jun 25, 2004 my life by bill clinton 957pp, hutchinson. His father, william jefferson blythe, had died in an auto accident several months before his mother, virginia cassidy blythe, gave birth to the future president. The book was published by the knopf publishing group and became a bestseller.
With just 273 pages, maneys book does an admirable job efficiently covering clinton s life from his birth through the early part of barack obamas presidency. My life is a 2004 autobiography written by former president of the united states bill clinton, who left office on january 20, 2001. Dec 30, 2015 president bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. First state with typo failure of my life in last sentence of acknowledgement section. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read my life. Watch colberts full 16minute conversation with bill clinton. Raised in the home of his grandmother, edith cassidy, bill s. Its an axiom of marketing to sell the sizzle, not the steak. At, you can see the view of every candidate on every issue. See all books authored by bill clinton, including the president is missing, and my life, and more on. So here it is at nearly 1,000 pages and about 500,000 words the manifesto for bill clintons third, and most important, campaign.
The greatest american bill clinton audiobook youtube. In hindsightwhich kicked in, so far as i could measure, around midafternoon of publication daythe most remarkable thing about bill clintons my life was the hullabaloo generated by a book. And ive tried to do a good job since them with my life and with my work. President bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts. Jun 30, 2004 president bill clinton s my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public.
Bill clinton overview bill clinton politics presidency foreign policy clinton doctrine judicial appointments electoral history impeachment lewinsky scandal hearing postpresidency postpresidency clinton foundation presidential center and park books between hope and history my life giving back to work the president is missing family clinton. My life by bill clinton, personall hand signed by president. An exhaustive, soulsearching memoir, bill clintons my life is a refreshingly candid look at the former president as a son, brother, teacher, father, husband, and public figure. And while he discusses the lewinsky scandal, there is precious little on the subject and for that i am a better title for this autobiography would have been my diary. William jefferson clinton spent the first six years of his life in hope, arkansas, where he was born on august 19, 1946. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from hope, arkansas, to the white. My life talks about the life of bill clinton, one of the more outspoken us presidents. Indeed, president bill clintons my life is a strikingly candid portrait of a global leader a life and career filled with enormous energy. Jul 07, 2004 the ultimate abridgement of my life the ultimate abridgement of my life. When i grew up into politics, i always felt the main point of my work was to people a chance to have better stories.
My life by bill clinton, first edition, signed abebooks. My life is autobiography as therapya personal history written by a man trying to face and banish his private demons. Clinton painstakingly outlines the history behind his greatest successes and failures, including his dedication to educational and economic reform. My life by bill clinton 957 pages is immensely enjoyable it would have been a great read even if it wasnt written by a former president of the united states. Bill clinton, my life a book report by bobby everett smith spoiler alert july 28, 2018 setting washington, d. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american, w. Clinton sees my first streetwalker and is both tempted and terrified. An exhaustive, soulsearching memoir, bill clintons my life is a refres. President bill clintons my life is the strikingly candid portrait of the 42nd u. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from hope. Bill clinton unabridged audiobook, parts 1 and 2cassettes. Signed copy my life bill clinton bill clinton is my favourite president starting from my high school days in the early 90s australia. Bill clinton had barely been unleashed upon america, when the mythology started to grow.
All my life ive been interested in other peoples stories. In bill clintons memoirs, he seems more forthcoming than his wife appears to be in her book. In his memoir, my life, bill clinton conveys, in ways sometimes brilliant and other times unintentional, the essence of his personality and presidency. Besides the glimpses it offers into the presidency and mr clintons. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from hope, arkansas, to the white. True first edition, first printing with printing mistake on the last page of acknowledgments with for the failure of my life rather than for the failures of my life in the revised printings. Being a topnotch salesman himself, bill clinton executed that strategy to perfection as he launched the publicity tour for his muchanticipated memoir, my life. Another reason to read my life is that its a genuinely good and useful. President bill clinton smy lifeis the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the public. There are at least two good reasons to read bill clinton s imaginatively titled new memoir, my life. A most handsome stated first editionfirst printing in unread as new condition in alike dust jacket, signed by author and u. My life 1st edition1st printing bill clinton books. Rather than expose the hurricanes eye of a remarkable life and an eventful presidency, the book instead blurs. Jun 06, 2018 watch colberts full 16minute conversation with bill clinton here video.
Reviewers have almost unanimously dismissed bill clintons mammoth book of memoirs as boring. Former president bill clinton reportedly was paid an advance of 15. The book was published by the knopf publishing group and became a. Some of the clinton books deal with only a certain period of his life, some may be multivolume if that is ever the case i always add both separately, some deal with other topics too. Bill clinton despite two reasonably successful terms in office, bill clinton will forever be remembered for something hed prefer to forget a tryst with white house intern monica lewinsky.
It may have been called a diary dump but bill clintons my life is still riveting, says jonathan freedland. Delivering the keynote address to almost 3,000 rapt booksellers, publishers and press at bookexpo america in chicago on june 3, clinton described the process of creating his book. By a generous measure, the richest american presidential autobiographyno other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the united. First editionfirst printing with certificate of authenticy. It shows us the progress of a remarkable american, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey. The earlier years are gone over quite quickly and most of the book is about his time as president. President bill clinton s my life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and. Boldly signed by both bill and hillary clinton on the title page. A quick guide to bill clinton and his autobiography, my life.
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