Letters to President Obama : Americans share our hopes and dreams with the first African-American...

Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Collects letters written to President Barack Obama during his presidential campaign and subsequent election and inauguration, covering a wide range of topics including foreign policy, the Bush administration, and religion.   Publisher Summary 2 Collects some four hundred letters written by Americans from all walks of life, in a volume that imparts their thoughts about the successful election of the nation's first African-American president, their dreams for the future, and their concerns about the challenges that Obama is inheriting.   Publisher Summary 3 This collection, which will total between 300 and 500 letters from Americans of all walks of life, will become an important piece of history as it describes the variety of feelings and emotions of Americans about the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. Central to the book is the African-American experience and the long road from slavery to the civil rights era to the twenty-first century, but Americans of every race, color, gender, and age will be represented. From children and seniors, from cities and farms, all we have something to say and much to share about how Barack Obama's election was special to them.