Ambling into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush

As the principal New York Times reporter assigned to cover George W. Bush's presidential campaign from it's earliest stages—and then as a White House correspondent—Frank Bruni has spent as much time around Bush over the last two years as any other reporter.

In Bushed, Bruni paints the most thorough, balanced, eloquent, and lively portrait yet of a man in many ways ill-suited to the office he sought and won, focusing on small moments that often escaped the news media's notice. From the author's initial introduction to Bush through a nutty election night and Bush's first months in office, Bruni captures the president's familiar and less familiar oddities and takes readers on an often funny, usually irreverent journey into the strange, closed universe—or "bubble"—of campaign life. The result is an original take on the political process and a detailed glimpse of George W. Bush as most Americans have never seen him before.

About the Author:
Frank Bruni is the co-author of two books, Consumer Terrorism and A Gospel of Shame. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for feature writing and was named by Brill's Content as one of the 50 most influential journalists of 2000 for his reporting on Bush. He lives and works in Washington, D.C.