Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource Behind the smile : a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign, Jeannie Morris

Behind the smile : a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign, Jeannie Morris

Creator
Author
Summary
  • "In 1992, Carol Moseley Braun became the first, and to this day only, African-American woman elected to the US Senate. Long before this historic victory, which Barack Obama would later say prefigured his own path to the Senate and presidency, veteran Chicago journalist Jeannie Morris saw an incredible opportunity. Here was a bold and politically courageous candidate, a feminist and sensible progressive with whom Morris quickly identified on a personal level. Morris joined the campaign to write the official story of a brilliant retail politician with a charismatic smile. What happened next resulted in a story that went well beyond what Morris could have imagined. Behind the Smile is the riveting campaign-trail memoir of a journalist coming to grips with the shortcomings of an ascendant politician -- a charismatic trailblazer whose personal relationship with a key staffer led to her undoing. The narrative unfolds as the personal journey of a sympathetic reporter reconciling her own belief in an inspiring figure with her responsibility to deliver the facts. In Behind the Smile, Morris brings the social and political impact of Moseley Braun's story -- from her meteoric rise to her eventual downfall -- into clear focus"--
  • "Memoir by a Chicago journalist recounting the 1992 US Senate campaign of Carol Moseley Braun"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxvi, 350 pages
Isbn
9781572841765
Instance
Label
Behind the smile : a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign
Title
Behind the smile
Title remainder
a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign
Statement of responsibility
Jeannie Morris
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "In 1992, Carol Moseley Braun became the first, and to this day only, African-American woman elected to the US Senate. Long before this historic victory, which Barack Obama would later say prefigured his own path to the Senate and presidency, veteran Chicago journalist Jeannie Morris saw an incredible opportunity. Here was a bold and politically courageous candidate, a feminist and sensible progressive with whom Morris quickly identified on a personal level. Morris joined the campaign to write the official story of a brilliant retail politician with a charismatic smile. What happened next resulted in a story that went well beyond what Morris could have imagined. Behind the Smile is the riveting campaign-trail memoir of a journalist coming to grips with the shortcomings of an ascendant politician -- a charismatic trailblazer whose personal relationship with a key staffer led to her undoing. The narrative unfolds as the personal journey of a sympathetic reporter reconciling her own belief in an inspiring figure with her responsibility to deliver the facts. In Behind the Smile, Morris brings the social and political impact of Moseley Braun's story -- from her meteoric rise to her eventual downfall -- into clear focus"--
  • "Memoir by a Chicago journalist recounting the 1992 US Senate campaign of Carol Moseley Braun"--
Assigning source
  • Provided by publisher
  • Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Morris, Jeannie
Dewey number
  • 328.73/092
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
E840.8.M67
LC item number
M67 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Moseley-Braun, Carol
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • United States
  • Women legislators
  • African American legislators
  • Political campaigns
  • United States
  • Illinois
Label
Behind the smile : a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign, Jeannie Morris
Instantiates
Publication
Bar code
  • 31223113402326
  • 31223114334940
  • 31223113402300
  • 31223113402292
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxvi, 350 pages
Isbn
9781572841765
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alkaline paper)
Lccn
2015014510
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • 900031349
  • 900031349
  • (OCoLC)900031349
Label
Behind the smile : a story of Carol Moseley Braun's historic senate campaign, Jeannie Morris
Publication
Bar code
  • 31223113402326
  • 31223114334940
  • 31223113402300
  • 31223113402292
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxvi, 350 pages
Isbn
9781572841765
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alkaline paper)
Lccn
2015014510
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • 900031349
  • 900031349
  • (OCoLC)900031349

Subject

Genre

Library Locations

    • Bayview/Linda Brooks-Burton LibraryBorrow it
      5075 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA, 94124, US
      37.732534 -122.391121
    • Western AdditionBorrow it
      1550 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA, 94115, US
      37.784121 -122.437503
    • Main LibraryBorrow it
      100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, US
      37.779376 -122.415795

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by San Francisco Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.
Processing Feedback ...