First in His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton

As a Clinton fan, I read all of the bios and his autobiography. "First" remains my favorite because it details Clinton's evolution from a boy born into less than ideal circumstances with only 3 assets---an adoring mother, scholastic achievement and a singleminded goal to become president---to making the american dream come true. I recently purchased another copy for my nephew, who is shopping colleges. This is a must read for all who doubt the power of education to change your life not just for the better, but for the best.

Compared to Maraniss's bio of Obama, which I read just before this, the Clinton bio is written in a less-readable style. I had to really keep plugging to get it read. It is full of more detail about Our Bill than I wanted to know, not at the beginning of his career, but during his time as governor of Arkansas. This book ends at the time that Clinton announced his run for presidency, so it's more about his parents, his childhood, young adulthood and first ventures into politics. I was very disappointed in learning about his method of governing, which was all about polling rather than his own convictions. I didn't really care about his avoidance of military service or his multiple dalliances with women, but his personality left a lot to be desired, I thought, in his methods in office. He seems to be more about the campaign than the governance, and I guess that's become the norm now. Seeing Our Bill today and what a resurgent star he has become, I really wonder what would happen if Hillary does run and get elected. Reading this book gives me a lot less confidence in the two of them.

Best biography I have ever read.

Good book!

I liked this book because it concentrates on the career and not the salacious details of Clinton's romantic adventures. It offered a well rounded picture of the person who was -and what became of the ambitious, talented acheiver. This book depicts a person with exceptional emotional Intelligence married to an equally brilliant partner.Objective, informative and fascinating. Loved it.

This is a well researched and well written with one major caveat: David appears to be quite partial to the Clintons and glosses over the various"scandals". Like: "Well I'm just not going to dwell on that sort of thing." Well that just it....this biography is just not a realistic assessmentof these two personalities! I think the book has value for its early background material.....

its fascinating to see that in the USA it was possible to overcome the most adverse circumstances an influence world history.And that the democratic party was open enough to evolve from aristocratic JD Rosevelt thru plutocratic Kennedy to proletarian Clinton.

Well researched and well. A great first read on Clinton before becoming president. Amazing how all the troubles he had were prefigured in his path to the presidency.

Excellent condition and good value. Thank you

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