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
