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About Promises To Keep: On Life And Politics
Product Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • President-elect 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. “I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble calling.”—Joe Biden Joe Biden has both witnessed and participated in a momentous epoch of American history. In Promises to Keep, Joe Biden reveals what these experiences taught him about himself, his colleagues, and the institutions of government. With his customary candor and wit, Biden movingly recounts growing up in a staunchly Catholic multigenerational household in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware; overcoming personal tragedy, life-threatening illness, and career setbacks; his relationships with presidents, with world leaders, and with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle; and his leadership of powerful Senate committees. Through these and other recollections, Biden shows us how the guiding principles he learned early in life—to work to make people’s lives better; to honor family and faith; to value persistence, candor, and honesty—are the foundation on which he has based his life’s work as husband, father, and public servant. 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. Praise for Promises to Keep“A ripping good read . . . Biden is a master storyteller and has stories worth telling.” —The Christian Science Monitor “A compelling personal story.” —The New York Times “Moving . . . [Biden’s] response to tragedy and near death [is] both admirable and likable.” —Salon Review “A ripping good read . . . Biden is a master storyteller and has stories worth telling.” —The Christian Science Monitor “A compelling personal story.” —The New York Times “Moving . . . [Biden’s] response to tragedy and near death [is] both admirable and likable.” —Salon About the Author Joe Biden was first elected to the United States Senate in 1972 and served there until 2009, when he assumed the office of vice president under Barack Obama. He grew up in New Castle County, Delaware, and graduated from the University of Delaware and the Syracuse University College of Law. He lives in Wilmington, Delaware. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The start at Archmere was a hard one for me. I was the second smallest boy in the class, five feet one inch, and just over a hundred pounds. And it didn’t take long for my fellow students to pick up on my stutter or the fact that I was the one kid who didn’t have to stand up for public speaking our first year. But I didn’t want any exemptions, and I didn’t want any excuses. I prayed that I would grow out of the stutter, but I wasn’t going to leave this to chance. I was going to beat the stutter. And I went at it the only way I knew how: I worked like hell. Practice, practice, practice. I would memorize long passages of Yeats and Emerson, then stand in front of the mirror in my room on Wilson Road and talk, talk, talk. “Meek young men grow up in libraries . . . Meek young men grow up in libraries . . . Meek young men grow up in libraries . . .” I’d stare at myself as I talked to make sure I kept the muscles in my face from contorting. That’s what really made the other kids laugh, and made me freeze. So if I saw my jaw start to clench, I’d pause, try to go slack, smile, then pick it up again. “Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the book
