The Making of Donald Trump - Hardcover

David Cay Johnston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1612196322 ISBN 13: 9781612196329

Publisher: Melville House, 2016

Synopsis

The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, David Cay Johnston, takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to power and prominence.
Covering the long arc of Trump s career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, NY would become an entirely new, and complex, breed of public figure. Trump is a man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout. Yet his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy.
From the origins of his family s real estate fortune, to his own too-big-to-fail business empire; from his education and early career, to his whirlwind presidential bid, "The Making of Donald Trump" provides the fullest picture yet of Trump s extraordinary ascendency. Love him or hate him, Trump s massive influence is undeniable, and figures as diverse as Woody Guthrie (who wrote a scathing song about Trump s father) and Red Scare prosecutor Roy Cohn, mob bosses and high rollers, as well as the average American voter, have all been pulled into his orbit.
Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man who would be president.

Praise for the author's previous books:
"Everyone who wants to understand what's happening with the tax system should read Perfectly Legal." --Paul Krugman, "The New York Times"
"Eye-opening." -- John Landry, "Harvard Business Review"
"This book is vital, an infuriating call to action." -- Jim Hightower, author of" Thieves in High Places"
"Truly shocking." -- James K. Galbraith, "The New York Times Book Review"
"Superb." -- Steve Weinberg, "Cleveland Plain Dealer""

About this title

Review:

"It is a book that details clearly and methodically, how Trump's moral and ethical handicaps mean you wouldn't want him running a second-hand car dealership." --The i

"Johnston has done voters a service with this unblinking portrait." --The FT

"The 24 short chapters of the very readable book contain substantial detail regarding Trump's activities." --Herald Scotland

"If you follow the news at all, you'll know that a number of allegations have recently been raised against GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump...It's due in good measure to veteran investigative reporter Johnston...that these charges have seen the light of day." --Kirkus Reviews

"A devastating attack on the Republican presidential nominee....[Johnston] carefully disentangles the knot of lies that has so far characterised Trump's presidential campaign." --The Independent

"Mr. Johnston, who has followed the real estate impresario for nearly three decades, offers a searing indictment of his business practives and creative accounting." --New York Times

"Johnston...maintains a crisply matter-of-fact approach throughout this scrupulously detailed and documented chronicle." --Booklist

"Johnston's case is unassailable and eye-opening." --The Nation

About the Author:

DAVID CAY JOHNSTON is an investigative journalist and winner of a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for journalism. A long-time reporter forthe"New York Times"and the former president of the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE), he is also the author of several"New York Times"bestsellers, including"Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch." He has won the IRE Medal and a George Polk Award for his investigative reporting, and is a columnist for The Daily Beast, National Memo andUSA TODAY. Johnston teaches at Syracuse University College of Law and lives in Rochester, New York."

About this edition

• Publisher: Melville House
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1612196322
• ISBN 13: 9781612196329
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288