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Madame President: The Extraordinary Journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

By Helene Cooper

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336

A native of Liberia and now the Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times, Cooper excavates the life, candidacy and presidency of Africa's first elected female head of state in this sparkling biography.

— Hamilton Cain and Erin Vanderhoof

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