SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. PRISTINE SIGNED COPY. DJ covered in mylar. In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called the audacity of hope. Signed BO on tltle page with FLYER FROM PHILADELPHIA SIGNING EVENT INCLUDED (for authenticity). SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE ON ABEBOOKS.