The Audacity of Hope

The Audacity of Hope

Author	Barack Obama
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Political convictions
Publisher	Crown / Three Rivers Press
Publication date	October 17, 2006
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	362
ISBN	978-0-307-23769-9
Dewey Decimal	973/.04960730092 B 22
LC Class	E901.1.O23 A3 2006

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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is the second book written by Barack Obama.^[1] It became number one on both the New York Times and Amazon.com bestsellers lists in the fall of 2006, after Obama had been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey.^[2] In the book, Obama expounds on many of the subjects that became part of his 2008 campaign for the presidency. The book advance from the publisher totalled $1.9 million contracted for three books.^[3] Obama announced his presidential campaign on February 10, 2007, a little more than three months after the book's release.