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Format:

Book

Author:

Schreckinger, Ben, author.

Title:

The Bidens : inside the first family's fifty-year rise to power / Ben Schreckinger.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing; Hachette Book Group 2021.

Description:

xi, 307 pages ; 24 cm

Summary:

An exploration of Joe Biden as told through his extended family.

In November 2020, Americans did not just elect Joe Biden: they got a package deal. The entire Biden family are sure to play a defining role in his presidency, just as they have in every one of his endeavors. Schreckinger believes the best way to understand Biden-- his values, fears and motives-- is to understand his family. He explores their Irish (and not-so-Irish) roots, their dodgy business deals, and their personal struggles and triumphs alike. -- Adapted from jacket

Subjects:

Biden, Joseph R., Jr.

Biden, Joseph R., Jr. -- Family.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Presidents -- United States -- Family -- Biography.

Politicians -- United States -- Biography.

United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.

Genre:

Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-293) and index.

Contents:

Chekhov's laptop -- The clan -- The children's crusade -- How the Bidens became Irish -- Glory days -- Working men -- Trial run -- Domestic policy -- Dynastic Delaware -- The Delaware way -- The Bidens go global -- Vice Presidential perks -- Frank -- Dynasty deferred -- The notorious R.H.B. -- The plot against the Bidens -- The "laptop from hell."

LCCN:

2021939695

ISBN:

9781538738009

1538738007

Other Number:

1226565548

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

942422

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

973.934 Schrecki