My Dad, John McCain explained

My Dad, John McCain
Author:Meghan McCain
Illustrator:Dan Andreasen
Cover Artist:Andreasen
Country:United States of America
Language:English
Genre:Children's literature, picture book, biography
Publisher:Aladdin Books
Pub Date:2008
Media Type:Print (Hardcover)
Pages:32
Isbn:1-4169-7528-4
Dewey:328.73092 B 22
Congress:E840.8.M26 M38 2008
Oclc:230206464

My Dad, John McCain is an illustrated children's picture book based on the life of politician John McCain, written by his daughter, Meghan McCain, and published through Aladdin Paperbacks. It was released on September 2, 2008. The book's images were illustrated by Dan Andreasen. The book was intended to support John McCain's candidacy for President of the United States in 2008.

Book

The book focuses on John McCain's military service and his presidential run.[1] Although the book is aimed at children, it deals with John McCain's capture and imprisonment as a prisoner of war for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, and even depicts violent scenes of John McCain being poked with hot iron prods as well as a man being stabbed repeatedly with a small knife by a Viet Cong insurgent. For its initial pressing, over 200,000 copies were printed.[2] The book has been described as "less a children's book than one written for wide-eyed adults with very nice drawings."[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Children's book excerpt: 'My Dad, John McCain' . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20080911111936/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26608263/. September 9, 2008. September 11, 2008. Today. msnbc.com.
  2. Web site: The Carpetbagger: A Major Book Signing. David. Carr. The New York Times. September 2, 2008.