The Making of Donald Trump

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER that connects the dots from Donald Trump’s
racist background to the Russian scandals “A searing indictment.” — Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times “Johnston has given us this year’s must-read
Trump book.” — Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence
O’Donnell The international bestseller that brought Trump’s long history of
racism, mafia ties, and shady business dealings into the limelight. Now with a
New Introduction and Epilogue. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist
David Cay Johnston, who had spent thirty years chronicling Donald Trump for
the New York Times and other leading newspapers, takes readers from the
origins of the Trump family fortune—his grandfather’s Yukon bordellos during
the Gold Rush—to his tumultuous gambling and real estate dealings in New York
and Atlantic City, all the way to his election as president of the United
States, giving us a deeply researched and shockingly full picture of one of
the most controversial figures of our time. ”Provides useful, vigorously
reported overviews of Mr. Trump’s life and career … Mr. Johnston, who has
followed the real estate impresario for nearly three decades, offers a searing
indictment of his business practices and creative accounting.”—Michiko
Kakutani, The New York Times ”David Cay Johnston has given us this year’s
must-read Trump book.”—Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC’s The Last Word ”Johnston
devastatingly covers ground he broke open as a reporter on the Trump beat in
Philadelphia and at The New York Times…The best of investigative reporting
is brought to bear on a man who could potentially lead the free world.”—USA
Today ”Carefully fleshes out the details of Trump’s known biography…with
solid documentation.”—Tampa Bay Times “Johnston’s case is unassailable and
eye-opening.” — The Nation Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Melville House; First Edition (August 2, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1612196322
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 29
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #255,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #204 in Elections #781 in Business Professional's Biographies #1,183 in Political Leader Biographies
• #204 in Elections
• #781 in Business Professional's Biographies