Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
By Pete Buttigieg
- Release Date: 2019-02-12
- Genre: Political Science
Description
Featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, Shortest Way Home is Pete Buttigieg’s inspirational story that challenges our perception of the typical American politician.
The meteoric rise of the mayor of a small Midwest city, who defied every pundit’s odds with his electrifying run for the presidency, created one of the most surprising candidacies in recent American history. The fact that his New York Times best-selling memoir, Shortest Way Home, didn’t read like your typical campaign book only added to “Mayor Pete’s” transcendent appeal. Readers everywhere, old and young, came to appreciate the “stirring, honest, and often beautiful” (Jill Lepore, New Yorker) personal stories and gripping mayoral tales, which provided, in lyrical prose, the political and philosophical foundations of his historic campaign.
Now featuring a new introduction and a “Back Home” afterword, in which Buttigieg movingly returns with the reader to his roots in his hometown city of South Bend, Indiana, as well as a transcript of the eulogy for his father, Joseph Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home, already considered a classic of the political memoir form, provides us with a beacon of hope at a time of social despair and political crisis.
Reviews
There is none like Pete
5By KoolhuojgyCompelling to the very last page; I never knew politics could be so interesting!The Shortest Way Home
5By Retired RVerThis book really is a great introduction to Pete. His writing flows, is insightful, and thought provoking. I have recommended it to a number of people.Gracias por todo Mayor Pete.
5By Renecito1Mi esposo y yo le damos nuestro voto. Pete Buttigieg habla magnificamente. Tiene experiencia y buenos modales, habla con mucha cultura y puede comunicarse con las personas de una manera real y respetuosa. Su mensaje es directo sin decir mentiras. Mayor Pete es una persona decente.No
1By daddysacowboyThis guy should never even be allowed to even look at a picture of the White House, can’t believe he’s even a mayor. Americans are really uneducated if they think this guy even deserves a chance to run for presidentA modern Renaissance genius with a heart of a servent
5By KiltBearPoignant and powerful. Besides everything you might be learning about Mayor Pete on the net and news, this guy can really tell a story. He’s a gift to the American people and the world.Promising Future
5By SDWillIf you are in the mood for an intimate, authentic, emotionally moving and inspirational story, then I suggest you make a cup of your favorite hot beverage, turn off the phones and distractions in your present life, then curl up in your comfortable place and permit yourself to read “Shortest Way Home”. It has honestly been decades since I’ve encountered such a genuine biographical voice with vision and clarity. I suspect that if and when he decides to leave public office, Mayor Pete will have a promising future as an author for as long as he chooses.Beautiful soul.
5By ReFreak94We need this man as a leader.Shortest Way Home
5By Keith1950I love the way Mayor Pete appeals to our finest selves. Smart policy from a very thoughtful man.Shortest way home
5By tinguaro1221Well written story about the life of a smart young man.