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Author: David Maraniss
First Published: 1995
Type of Work: Biography
Time of Work: 1946-1991
Setting: Hope, Hot Springs, and Little Rock, Arkansas; Washington, D.C.; Oxford, England
Principal Characters: William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton, Virginia Cassiday Blythe Clinton Kelly, William Jefferson Blythe, Edith Cassiday, Eldridge Cassiday, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Roger Clinton
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: Family or family life, Politics, Abused persons, Marriage, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Elections, Presidents, Learning or scholarship
Locales: Washington, D.C., Oxford, England, Little Rock, AR

First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton chronicles Bill Clinton’s journey from his modest beginnings in Hope, Arkansas, to the announcement of his candidacy for president of the United States. David Maraniss’ stated intention is to discover how, “out of the thousands of bright, ambitious people from the postwar baby boom generation, [Clinton] became the first to reach the White House.” Both Bill and Hillary Clinton declined to be interviewed for this biography, but the author had access to many of Clinton’s closest friends, colleagues, and relatives,...

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