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Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ Joe Biden, the author ofÂ Promise Me, Dad, tellsÂ the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obamaâ€™s beloved, influential vice president.
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In Promises to Keep, Joe Biden reveals the experiences that shaped him with his customary candor and charm. He movingly recounts growing up in a staunchly Catholic multigenerational household in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware; overcoming personal tragedy, life-threatening illness, and career setbacks; his relations, as a United States senator for more than thirty-five years, with fellow lawmakers on both sides of the aisle; and his leadership of powerful Senate committees.
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Through these and other recollections, Biden shows us how the guiding principles he learned early in lifeâ€”to work to make peopleâ€™s lives better; to honor family and faith; to value persistence, candor, and honestyâ€”are the foundation on which he has based his lifeâ€™s work as husband, father, and legislator.
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Promises to Keep is the story of a man who surmounted numerous challenges to become one of our most effective leaders. It is also an intimate series of reflections from a public servant who witnessed and participated in a momentous epoch of American history and refuses to be cynical about political leadershipâ€”a stirring testament to the promise of the United States.

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Model	Illustrated
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2008-08-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780812976212

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