Frederick Monderson

Barack Obama: Ready, Fit to Lead: Road to the White House Frederick Monderson

Publisher Marketing: ABOUT THE BOOK Barack Obama: Read, Fit to Lead: Road to the White House, was written for the Daily Challenge, New York City's Only Black Daily newspaper. The first article, "Which Way America?" was penned during the Democratic Primary on eve of the Democratic National Convention. By time of the National Election, nearly a dozen such articles were published in that newspaper, extolling Obama's candidacy, magnetism, strategy, tactics and successes, from the perspective of one person. Table of Contents reads: BARACK OBAMA: AN INTRODUCTION; WHICH WAY AMERICA?; OBAMA: THE PRAGMATIC PATRIOT; "ALL THE MARBLES"; OH, JOHN, NO!; OBAMA THE VISIONARY; BARACK OBAMA: READY, FIT TO LEAD; BARACK OBAMA: THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION; THE BLACK MAN: "DID IT"; BARACK OBAMA: VICTORIOUS; CONVENTIONS, ELECTIONS AND OUR TIMES; BARACK OBAMA: NUTS AND BOLTS; CONCLUSIONS; BARACK OBAMA: A CONCLUDINJG PERSPECTIVE. The driving force that fueled this effort is the tremendous interest generated by his candidacy, and not simply because BaraCk Obama was African American; but because of the suavity of the man, his cool demeanor, the depth of his intellectuality, his ability to learn fast, the manner in which he conceptualized readily and well, his big smile, consensus and coalition building, and organizational ability, and the manner in which he attracted untold persons interested in seeing change come to America and wanting to be part of it. As a student long ago, I remember my Professor saying, "Never let a historic situation pass you by without writing about it," and so I wanted to be part of that history. Naturally, as the campaign unfolded and "our candidate" faced the onslaughts, fire in the belly motivated the effort more and thus the work got completed. As all this unfolded a friend suggested, why not package these historic articles and distribute them for the significance of posterity. Contributor Bio:  Monderson, Frederick ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frederick Monderson is a retired college professor and school teacher who taught African History in the City University of New York and American History and Government in the New York public schools. He has written nearly 1000 articles in the New York Black Press, Daily Challenge, Afro Times and New American newspapers. In this venture, Monderson lends his expertise as a historian, Egyptologist, journalist and author of several books including Michael Jackson: The Last Dance; 50 on Point; Barack Obama: Ready, Fit to Lead; Barack Obama: Master of Washington D. C.; Obama: Master and Commander; Sonny Carson: The Final Triumph (5 Volumes); and on ancient Egypt: Ladies in the House; Eternal House - The Egyptian Tomb; Seven Letters to Mike Tyson on Egyptian Temples; 10 Poems Praising Great Blacks for Mike Tyson; Research Essays on Ancient Egypt; Temple of Karnak: The Majestic Architecture of Ancient Kemet; Where are the Kamite Kings?; Abydos and Osiris; Temple of Luxor; Medinet Habu: Mortuary Temple of Rameses III; The Quintessential Book on Ancient Egypt: "Holy Land" (A Novel on Egypt); Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahari; The Majesty of Egyptian Gods and Temples (a book of Egyptian Poems); Egypt Essays on Ancient Kemet; Intrigue Through Time (A Novel); An Egyptian Resurrection; The Ramesseum: Mortuary Temple of Rameses II; The Colonnade: Then and Now; Reflections on Ancient Kemet; Grassroots View of Ancient Egypt; Glory of the Ancestors: 19 Letters to O. J. Simpson on Ancient African History; and Celebrating Dr. Ben-Jochannan. A student of the esteemed Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, Dr. Monderson conducts tours to Egypt. For Tour information, Please contact Orleane Brooks-Williams at Nostrand Travel, 730 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11216. Phone Number 718-756-5300. Next Tour of Egypt is July 11-July 25, 2014.