Promises to keep : on life and politics

The Resource Promises to keep : on life and politics
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Promises to keep : on life and politics
Title remainder
on life and politics
Statement of responsibility
Joe Biden
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
As a United States senator since 1973, Joe Biden has been an intimate witness to the major events of the past four decades, from the Vietnam War, to the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In this autobiography he movingly recounts growing up in a staunchly Catholic multigenerational household in Wilmington, Delaware; marriage, fatherhood, success and failure in the Senate and on the campaign trail; and his leadership of powerful Senate committees. This is the story of a man who faced down personal challenges and tragedy, to become a public servant who refuses to be cynical about political leadership. Here he reveals what these experiences taught him about himself, his colleagues, and the institutions of government. He shows how the guiding principles he learned early in life, the obligation to work to make people's lives better, to honor family and faith, to get up and do the right thing no matter how hard you've been knocked down, to be honest and straightforward, and, above all, to keep your promises, are the foundations on which he has based his life's work as husband, father, and public servant
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 328.73092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
E840.8.B54
LC item number
A3 2007
Literary form
non fiction

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