Trump: A Graphic Biography

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Real Estate Billionaire. Reality TV star. President?

Donald Trump inherited a fortune from his father. But he wanted more.

Shrewd and indefatigable, he never missed an opportunity to expand his holdings. He transformed himself into an international brand. He marketed his personality into a product.

He built an empire. But that wasn’t enough. He wanted to be President, and he was willing to do and say whatever it took.

Donald Trump, who never held political office, pulled off his ultimate acquisition: the hostile takeover of the Republican Party. Everyone was shocked — except those who knew him.

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ISBN-13:	9781609807580
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press
Publication date:	07/26/2016
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Twice the winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, TED RALL is a radical syndicated political cartoonist, opinion columnist, graphic novelist, and occasional war correspondent whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Village Voice, and Los Angeles Times. For Seven Stories Press, he is the illustrator of the full-length comic Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps (2012), written by Greg Palast, and the author and illustrator of The Book of Obama (2012), The Anti-American Manifesto (2010), and After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests (Hill and Wang 2014). His most recent books are Snowden (2015) and Bernie (2016).

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08/01/2016
As the go-to quick-hit graphic biographer of the current political circus, Rall (Snowden, Bernie) has been a reliable source of simple narratives delivered with a heavy dose of progressive editorializing. With Trump, Rall takes a less aggressive approach for a simple reason. Donald J. Trump’s entire life story, from his privileged upbringing to being a military-school bully, real-estate huckster, reality show clown, and putative quasifascist leader of the free world, speaks for itself. Rall’s critique of Trump is clear from the beginning, but he doesn’t let his viewpoint get in the way of some sharp analysis of the Republican primary (“like any good businessman, Trump exploited an inefficiency in the marketplace, in this case, of ideas”) and Trump’s business personality. As usual, Rall’s blocky art is more functional than anything else, and pages using screen grabs from Web news reports make the book seem rushed. Overall, it’s a concise and decently footnoted pocket political biography that Clinton’s campaign should buy thousands of and distribute to voters for free. (July)

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"This book shows the proper medium for a Donald Trump biography: Cartoon!" —Bruce Handy, Vanity Fair

"Just in time for the Republican convention, cartoonist Rall follows his recent graphic bios of Sen. Bernie Sanders and CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden with a comic book peek into the life and times of America's favorite short-fingered vulgarian. Given that Rall once called on Barack Obama to resign, saying the 44th president made 'Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through,' it's a safe bet that Trump won't be flogging this one on his campaign website" —The Millions

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