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020 _a9780062568458 (hardback)
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084 _aBIO010000
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_aHUM006000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aLitt, David,
_d1986-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aThanks, Obama :
_bMy Hopey Changey White House Years /
_cDavid Litt.
263 _a1709
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bEcco,
_c2017.
300 _a310 pages.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection on Obama's legacy in the age of Trump. Like many twentysomethings, David Litt frequently embarrassed himself in front of his boss's boss. Unlike many twentysomethings, Litt's boss's boss was President Obama. At age twenty-four, Litt became one of the youngest White House speechwriters in history. Along with remarks on issues like climate change and criminal justice reform, he was the president's go-to writer for comedy. As the lead on the White House Correspondents' Dinner speech (the "State of the Union of jokes"), he was responsible for some of President Obama's most memorable moments, including Keegan-Michael Key's appearance as Luther, Obama's "anger translator." With a humorist's eye for detail and a convert's zeal, Litt takes us inside his eight years on the front lines of Obamaworld. In his political coming-of-age story, he goes from starry-eyed college student--a self-described "Obamabot"--to nervous junior speechwriter to White House senior staff. His behind-the-scenes anecdotes answer questions you never knew you had: What's the classiest White House men's room? What's the social scene like on Air Force One? How do you force the National Security Council to stop hitting reply-all on every e-mail? In between lighthearted observations, Litt uses his experience to address one of today's most important issues: the legacy and future of the Obama movement in the age of Donald Trump"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _a"A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection on Obama's legacy in the age of Trump"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aLitt, David,
_d1986-
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_xStaff
_vBiography.
650 4 _aPresidentes
_zEstados Unidos
_xPersonal
_vBiografía.
650 4 _aHumoristas americanos
_ySiglo 21
_vBiografías.
610 1 0 _aObama, Barack
_xFriends and associates.
650 0 _aSpeechwriters
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aHumorists, American
_y21st century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPolitical satire, American.
600 1 0 _aObama, Barack
_vHumor.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y2009-2017
_vHumor.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
_y2009-2017
_vHumor.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHUMOR / Topic / Political.
_2bisacsh
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aLitt, David, 1986- author.
_tThanks, Obama
_dNew York, NY : Ecco, 2017
_z9780062568465
_w(DLC) 2017020422
963 _aEmma Janaskie; phone: 212-2077541; email: emma.janaskie@harpercollins.com; bc: emma.dries@harpercollins.com
999 _c5920
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