The Making of Donald Trump
By David Cay Johnston

The culmination of nearly 30 years of reporting on Donald Trump, this
in-depth report by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David
Cay Johnston takes a revealingly close look at the mogul's rise to
prominence --- and, now, ultimate power and Covering the long arc of Trump's career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, NY would
become an entirely new, and complex, breed of public figure. Trump is a
man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout.
Yet his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting
controversy. and From the origins of his family's fortune, to his
own too-big-to-fail business empire; from his education and early
career, to his whirlwind and ultimately successful presidential bid, The Making of Donald Trump
provides the fullest picture yet of Trump's extraordinary ascendency.
Love him or hate him, Trump's massive influence is undeniable, and
figures as diverse as Woody Guthrie (who wrote a scathing song about
Trump's father) and Red Scare prosecutor Roy Cohn, mob bosses and high
rollers, as well as the average American voter, have all been pulled
into his orbit. and Drawing on decades of interviews, financial
records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who
has covered Trump longer and more closely than any other journalist
working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man who has
shocked the world. Providesand useful, vigorously reported
overviews of Mr. Trump's life and career ...and Mr. Johnston, who has
followed the real estate impresario for nearly three decades, offers a
searing indictment of his business practices and creative accounting. -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times David Cay Johnston has given us this year's must-read Trump book. -Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC's The Last Word Johnston devastatinglyand covers ground he broke open as a reporter on the Trump beat in Philadelphia and at The New York Times...The best of investigative reporting is brought to bear on a man who could potentially lead the free world. -USA Today Carefully fleshes out the details of Trump's known biography...with solid documentation. -Tampa Bay Times