FROM CARTHAGE TO OSLO: A BIOGRAPHY OF AL GORE

FROM CARTHAGE TO OSLO: A BIOGRAPHY OF AL GORE

In this biography of former Vice President Al Gore, the author shares personal insights about one of America’s visionary political leaders. Author Troy Gipson, who worked extensively for Al Gore as a campaign coordinator and staff assistant, wrote this insider biography chronicling Gore’s life and political career from his unique perspective as a longtime associate. The biography traces Gore’s early life in a prominent Tennessee political family, groomed as a future president, and his rapid rise in politics, culminating in his election as the nation's 45th Vice President. In the book, Gipson highlights Gore's achievements beyond the Vice Presidency, including his work in Congress as the author of the National Organ Transplant Network Act (1980), his sponsorship of the Super Computer Network Act of 1986, and the High Performance Computing and Communications Act of 1991—legislation that provided funding for the ‘information superhighway,’ or the internet. The biography also explores Gore's 2000 U.S. presidential campaign against then-Texas Governor George W. Bush, which ended in controversy after the U.S. Supreme Court halted statewide vote recounts in Florida, leaving Gore 537 votes short of winning the state and resulting in his loss in the Electoral College by a margin of 271-267. Having known and worked with Al Gore since the beginning of his political journey in 1976, the author provides readers with an exclusive insider's account of former Vice President Al Gore. Author Bio: Troy Gipson is an author and former campaign coordinator for Al Gore, the former Vice President of the United States. Gipson met Gore during his first congressional campaign in 1976 and later served as his intern and campaign coordinator for Gore's bids for the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990, as well as his presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2000. Mr. Gipson graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1986. He currently lives outside Nashville, Tennessee.