Manuel roig franzia biography books
Manuel Roig-Franzia is the author of Simon and Schuster's "The Rise of Marco Rubio." ("El Ascenso de Marco Rubio" is the title.!
Manuel Roig-Franzia was born in Spain and is a writer for The Washington Post Style section.
The Rise of Marco Rubio - by Manuel Roig-Franzia (Paperback)
About the Book
Profiles the Senator and rising star in the Republican Party, from his humble roots as the son of immigrants to his becoming the youngest Speaker in the history of the Florida Statehouse.
Book Synopsis
"The definitive account" (The New Republic) of one of the biggest stars in the Republican party and possible next Secretary of State, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been called "the Michael Jordan of Republican politics." No one--not even his rivals in the Democratic Party--disagrees with the fact that Marco Rubio is going far in American politics.
Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia tells the story of how Rubio rose so fast, and about the forces that have shaped him. It's a classic American odyssey: his parents left Cuba for a better economic life in Miami a few years before Castro came to power; the father worked as a bartender, the mother as a
