Publisher's Synopsis
"Anonymous" author is a Chicago baron who made a vast fortune in the corporate world. As an architect of philanthropic landmarks and monuments, "anonymous" has also contributed to political campaigns. As a true Chicago insider and past sponsor of U.S. Senators and Congressmen, this fictionalized back-story of Barack Obama is based on fascinating true events. True rise of the first nonwhite American president.After a seemingly impossible success, there is only one question: How did he do it?How did Thomas Jefferson Takota Oglala-the working-class son of a Sioux father and an Irish American mother-leapfrog over so many more-experienced and better-funded politicians to become the first nonwhite president of the United States? After all, he had an undistinguished record in the Illinois Senate and a reputation for playing it safe.In politics, defying the odds takes hard work and a relentless devotion to the goal. It can also require a willingness to get your hands dirty. In the shadowy rooms where the powerful shake hands on secret deals, political careers take form.With its parallels to Barack Obama's story, True Colors illuminates what really happens behind closed doors and the trickle-down effects on every citizen. Truth and fiction intertwine in this tell-all novel of one ambitious man's quest for power.Colors is a provocative political thriller that takes readers behind the scenes of major turning points in America's history, True Colors is a novel inspired by actual people and events. Against a backdrop of local Illinois politics and movements on the national level, it traces the mysterious and meteoric.
