"For sheer fun, the best of the commemoratives is President Obama: A Collection of Newspaper Front Pages from the Poynter Institute." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer New York Times Best-Seller -- Includes newspaper front pages from the day after the inauguration! The election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States was a worldwide historic event resulting in perhaps some of the most important front pages in US history. President Obama Election 2008 is a collection of over seventy November 5th, 2008 and January 20, 2009 newspaper front pages from around the world. There is no better statement of the emotion, excitement, and significance of these moments in history. During his campaign for the White House, Barack Obama garnered an almost frenzied following. President Obama Election 2008 is a cherished keepsake or gift for any of the millions of Americans who cast their vote for the 44th President of the United States. Here is the must-have commemorative book on this historic event. * Features 109 historic newspaper front-pages from the day after the election and the day after the inauguration, including international, campus, and ethnic publications.

* Includes an introduction by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. * Compiled by The Poynter Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan school of journalism.