Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin
- ISBN13: 9781439142349
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She’s a real-life American success story. A small-town girl who wasn’t content to keep things small. In 1996, Sarah Palin was a city councilwoman who had set her sights on becoming mayor, despite unwelcome advice that as the mother of three young children, she might not have a whole lot of success in a political career. She proved any naysayer wrong in a hurry. Ten years later, by 2006, she was the youngest governor Alaska had ever had…and the first woman. Now, still only in her mid-forties and the mother of five, she is one of the best-known women in American politics.
People magazine assistant editor Lorenzo Benet met with Sarah Palin and her family just weeks before the announcement that she would be the Republican vice-presidential nominee. He spoke in depth with Governor Palin; with her husband, Todd, the “First Dude,” as he likes to call himself; with her children; and with other members of her extended family. Now, in a fascinating book, Benet uses skills honed as a longtime professional writer and the author of several biographies to present the intimate portrait of Sarah Palin that America has been looking for.
Beginning with Palin’s birth in Sandpoint, Idaho, and her family’s move to Skagway and then Wasilla, Alaska, Trailblazer details the difficulties of growing up in Alaska, Sarah Palin’s early successes as a basketball star and a beauty pageant contestant, and the story of her elopement with Todd Palin, whom she met at Wasilla High. It describes her career as a broadcast journalist and young mother, and gives details on her move to the political arena that has culminated in making her a household name. From staff firings in Wasilla to her controversies with the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission, from her support of Todd Palin’s snow machine races to her own love for moose and caribou hunting and salmon fishing, and culminating with the almost manic excitement of the 2008 election, Lorenzo Benet has built up a detailed picture of a fascinating and extraordinarily complex woman — an introduction to a Sarah Palin that the world is only just coming to know.
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5 Responses to “Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin”
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It was helpful to learn more about the Forrest Gump of the 2008 election. Despite eight years of Bushageddon, the leadership of the GOP was eager to allow the same sort of inept-picking-the-inept leader-picking style that brought us the FEMA response to Hurricane Katrina and other fine selections. Who are these people, and how can someone so mediocre become so aggressively embraced by so many Americans? If you read one book on the subject, read Trail Blazer for everything Palin – from how she frosts her hair to how she snows her constituents. Great job, Mr. Benet.
Rating: 5 / 5
Lorenzo Benet has penned a scary and revealing account of the Palin Phenomenon that actually proves surprisingly informative, considering how much we already seem to know about this bespectacled nut case who looks more like an assistant manager at Lenscrafters than Presidential material. A true page-turner that’s well worth the time and cash. Bravo, Benet!
Rating: 5 / 5
An embarassment to many Alaskans, this is a face better forgotten. It’s too bad her very real policies were not illuminated – how, as mayor of Wasilla, she was the only mayor in Alaska who insisted on having rape victims pay for their own rape test kit; how, as governor, she ignored the people of Juneau during a power crisis, how, as governor, she blatantly ignored Alaskan law during the troopergate scandal, allowing her husband who is not a State employee, access to employee records as one example. It’s unfortunate that many people have been fooled. Hopefully, she’ll bury a hole for herself with her mouth and no one will want to write a book about her again.
Rating: 1 / 5
I just have a question: I just heard about this book today (2/16), and it appears that it won’t be available in print or in Kindle version until tomorrow (2/17). So how are readers able to offer reviews of something not yet in print?
Rating: 3 / 5
I’d rank this book neck and neck with “The Wit and Wisdom of George W. Bush”. This is a must read for the delusional who think there is something to this transparent person.
Rating: 1 / 5