"Coincidentally, he arrived there about the same time as Michael Jordan!" - DAVID MARANISS, Barack Obama: The pursuit of identity, Presidential #Presidential #MichaelJordan #HappyBirthdayMichaelJordan #DavidMaraniss

"And both of those are parts of Bill Clinton." - DAVID MARANISS, Bill Clinton: The good and the bad, Presidential #Presidential #DavidMaraniss

"I think that almost everything about President Obama has some explanation in his early life." - DAVID MARANISS, Barack Obama: The pursuit of identity, Presidential #Presidential #BarackObama #HappyBirthdayPresidentObama #DavidMaraniss

"Email was just starting!" - DAVID MARANISS, Bill Clinton: The good and the bad, Presidential #Presidential #NationalEmailDay #DavidMaraniss

I've admired David Maraniss's work for years, & I was thrilled to talk to him about his new book, a wide-ranging bio of Jim Thorpe:
“I believe deeply that to understand someone in their fullness, you have to see the forces that shape them...geography, family & the context of their time.” #DavidMaraniss discusses new bio "Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of #JimThorpe" w/
@Nancy_Pearl
https://youtu.be/WfBe9DhnfiY