Pence
The Path to Power

Name: Pence
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrea Neal
ISBN: 9781538505601

Author: Andrea Neal

Narrator: Pam Ward

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 08/01/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Political Biography

Synopsis

What does it take to become the second-in-command of one of the most powerful countries in the world? Mike Pence’s rise to the vice presidency of the United States wasn’t always easy. To some, he is the personification of American conservative values, but to others, his ideals are the epitome of prejudice and bigotry.In Pence: The Path to Power, journalist Andrea Neal showcases how the vice president arrived at this position of influence. Neal interviews friends, family, staff, former teachers, and politicians on both sides of the aisle to reveal a multifaceted view of the self-described Christian, Conservative, and Republican—in that order—from his beginnings in a large Irish Catholic family in Columbus, Indiana, through the scandals of his first election, to his time beside Donald Trump. This candid look at Mike Pence’s life exposes his unexpected path to power and the individuals who influenced him along the way.

About Andrea Neal

Andrea Neal is a journalist, American history teacher, and native Hoosier. A graduate of Brown University, she is author of Road Trip: A Pocket History of Indiana.

About Pam Ward

Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress’ Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Scott on August 28, 2018

One of the last of the gentleman politicians, Senator John McCain, died this week. It was a sad day for Washington, D.C., and it should have been a sad day for the Republican party in general, but most Republicans had distanced themselves from McCain long ago, ever since he stood up and had the auda......more

Goodreads review by John on December 12, 2018

This book serves as a helpful, short political biography of Mike Pence. Andrea Neal does a good journalistic job of interviewing as many people as possible and compiling their stories into an easy to read timeline of events surrounding our current Vice President's life. As a big fan of Mike Pence, y......more

Goodreads review by Tom on October 11, 2019

Pence, The Path to Power is a biography of Mike Pence, written by Andrea Neal and published in 2018. It covers his whole life, from his birth to his first year or so as Vice President. Pence, The Path to Power is one of the nearly twenty books about politicians I read in the summer of 2019 wh......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on September 05, 2018

I enjoyed learning about his background and his family as well as his political career.......more

Goodreads review by Kari on October 22, 2020

Just wasn’t very interesting. Maybe it was the writing? Just seemed very dull.......more

Quotes

“Pence: The Path to Power is essential to understanding how Mike Pence’s zig-zagging path between politics and conservative media shaped him and his philosophies.” Ryan Alessi, political writer