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Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics is the autobiography of former Vice President and Presidential Candidate Joe Biden. Through his time in politics as a United States Senator, Biden has been at the front line for some of the most tragic and eventful moments in American history.
Jul 31, 2007 · 3.97. 1,958 ratings209 reviews. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Joe Biden, the author of Promise Me, Dad, tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama’s beloved, influential vice president. In Promises to Keep, Joe Biden reveals the experiences that shaped him with his customary candor and charm.
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Promises to Keep is an intimate series of reflections from a public servant who surmounted numerous challenges to become one of our most effective leaders and who refuses to be cynical about politics. It is also a stirring testament to the promise of the United States.
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics is a memoir by then-senator Joe Biden (later the 46th president of the United States), first published by Random House on July 31, 2007. A paperback version was published on August 28, 2008. It was published in the run-up to his 2008 presidential campaign.
Promises to Keep is an intimate series of reflections from a public servant who surmounted numerous challenges to become one of our most effective leaders and who refuses to be cynical about politics. It is also a stirring testament to the promise of the United States.
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While a high school student, Joe Biden is nicknamed 'Impedimenta' by his schoolmates, a term which symbolically represents his inability to communicate fluently. In simple terms, 'Impedimenta' means stutter, an individual who stammers when speaking. Biden writes, “Joe Impedimenta.
Sep 8, 2022 · English. xxiii, 365 pages : 25 cm. 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 ...
