Aretha, David. Mitt Romney.

Aretha, David.  Mitt Romney.  Morgan Reynolds   2013 112p $28.95  978-1-59935-344-9      series: Political Profiles #8      ms/jr  Biography  VG

     

This is an uncomplicated, unbiased report on the life and career of 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, with a greater emphasis on biography than politics. It includes a thorough bibliography and suggested websites to promote further investigation.    This is a well-researched, carefully presented piece that breaks Romney’s life into sensibly organized chapters.  It is very readable, both in terms of layout and literary style.  One area where the author really excels is in presenting Romney’s history as a businessman and in giving equal treatment to his successes and failures in business and in politics.  As a biography it is really a very good book, although next to nothing is said about Romney’s actual political platform or about many of his gubernatorial actions in Massachusetts.  This is as unusual in the biography of a politician as it would be to write a biography of a writer without mentioning their literary style.  The layout was very appealing, with glossy photos and well-arranged pages that flow easily around the photos and their captions.    

The series Political Profiles is geared toward junior-high-school readers and aims to inform them about the lives of politicians who are prominently featured in current media.

Mitt Romney, Politicians, Presidential candidates, Governors-Massachusetts   

                                                      --Bethany Geleskie