Her way : the hopes and ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-423) and index.

First partner -- Chase and run -- The art of making possible -- Following the heart to Fayetteville -- Personal calculations -- Investing 101 -- Influence -- First Lady -- The defense team -- The "only stupid dumb thing" -- "Welcome to Washington" -- The school of small steps -- The discipline of gratitude -- "Off to the firing squad" -- The most to lose -- The most to gain -- New York state of mind -- First woman -- The mysteries of Hillaryland -- The longest day -- "The hardest decision" -- The club -- The war room -- Hillary's quagmire -- Warming up to global warming -- The somewhat lonely middle -- "Madam President" -- Googled and youtubed -- "I don't feel no ways tired" -- "The best political spouse in the business."

She is one of the most influential and recognizable figures in our country, and perhaps the single most divisive individual in our political landscape. Now, as she make her historic run for the presidency, two Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporters bring us a comprehensive and balanced portrait of the most important woman in American politics. Drawing upon myriad new sources and previously undisclosed documents, they show how, like many women of her generation, Hillary Rodham Clinton tempered a youthful idealism with the realities of corporate America and big-league politics. It takes readers from the dorm rooms at Wellesley to the courthouses of Arkansas and Washington; to the White House and role as First Lady; inside the back rooms of the Senate; and to her campaign war room. Alternately helped and hindered by her marriage to Bill Clinton, their political partnership is unraveled as well.--From publisher description.