Political Profiles

  • Political Profiles: Hillary Clinton
    By Catherine Wells

    Biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton from birth to present day.

  • Political Profiles: John McCain
    By Catherine Wells

    Profiles the Arizona senator and former prisoner of war who has twice run for the presidency of the United States, once in 2000 and again in 2008.

  • Political Profiles: The Kennedy years
    By Nelson Lichtenstein

    Presents brief biographies of five hundred men and women who played significant roles in United States politics during the 1950s

  • Political Profiles: Barack Obama
    By Kerrily Sapet

    This biography tells the life story of 2008 Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. “the skinny kid with big ears and a funny name” into a man who is likely to change the face of American politics.

  • Political Profiles: Nancy Pelosi
    By Sandra H. Shichtman

    Chronicles the life and career of the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives, from her childhood in Baltimore, through her early days in Congress, through her election as Speaker in 2007.

  • Political Profiles: The Truman years
    By Nelson Lichtenstein, Eleanora W. Schoenebaum

    Presents brief biographies of five hundred men and women who played significant roles in United States politics during the 1950s

  • Political Profiles
    By Lichtenstern

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  • Political Profiles: Arnold Schwarzenegger
    By Jeff C. Young

    Presents a biography of the former Mr. Universe and famous actor who was elected governor of California in 2003 in a special recall election.

  • Political Profiles
    By Leon Trotsky

    Political Profiles

  • Political Profiles: Rudy Giuliani
    By Anna Layton Sharp

    Born and raised in New York City, Rudy Giuliani dreamed of becoming the first Italian American president of the United States.