From Carthage to Oslo: A Biography of Al Gore

ISBN: 1478126736

Author: Gipson, Troy

Condition: New

Since leaving the political stage more than two decades ago, former vice president Al Gore has become a renowned environmental activist, with his documentary film An Inconvenient Truth recognized as a turning point in the climate change movement. Today Gore has emerged at the forefront in the crusade against global climate change, leading the Climate Reality Project and Generation Investment, both ventures aimed in bringing private industry solutions to combating climate change.Author Troy Gipson met Al Gore during his first campaign for Congress in 1976, a chance encounter that resulted in his longtime involvement and work in Gore's Congressional Office and campaigns for the U.S. Senate and President. In this rare, behind-the-scenes account, the author provides a personal account of the former two-term vice president and environmental activist. In stunning detail, Gipson chronicles Gore's life and career, from his early years growing up in a prominent Tennessee political family, and his rapid political rise through Congress and ascension to the vice presidency.Having known and worked with Al Gore since his first political campaign in 1976, Gipson provides unique perspectives on Gore's political service, but also the personal side of the man himself; his character, his loyalty, his motivations, and his insatiable desire to make a difference upon the nation and the world. Breathtaking in scope and moving in its portrayal, From Carthage to Oslo is the definitive insider's biography of former vice president Al Gore.