The acclaimed biographer of such luminaries as Bill Clinton and Vince Lombardi, Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss here turns his famed journalistic eye on Barack Obama. Based on interviews with the President himself and a wealth of letters, journals, and other documents, Maraniss' account spans Obama's childhood and political beginnings. Offering startling new insights, Barack Obama reveals a man who struggled with his race and identity at a young age, but later embraced his strong character and ambition to rise to America's highest seat of power.