cover image The Battle for America 2008: The Storyof an Extraordinary Election

The Battle for America 2008: The Storyof an Extraordinary Election

Haynes Johnson, Dan Balz, , read by Dick Hill. . Brilliance, $29.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-4418-0057-2

Balz and Johnson offer an incredibly detailed but concise account of the 2008 presidential election, landing on every highlight of the campaign—the debates, Sarah Palin's blunders and the Obama victory celebration in Grant Park. The authors present clear and unbiased interviews with each of the prime candidates as well as behind the scenes accounts of the ups, downs and incessant bickering that made the election so riveting. Dick Hill brings an investigative and theatrical tone to the work; his focused and authoritative delivery draws listeners into the story and earns their trust. A Viking hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 3). (Aug.)