ATLANTA, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ --Whitman Publishing, LLC, has released a hands-on "Collector's Vault" honoring Barack Obama's life and historic presidential campaign. The 144-page coffee table book is a combination history, scrapbook, and photo album, packed with souvenir replicas such as buttons, posters, campaign staff passes, and tickets.

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The Obama Collector's Vault debuts nationwide at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Costco, Sam's Club, Wal-Mart and other book outlets Tuesday, January 13. It is also available at www.WhitmanBooks.com, or by calling 1-800-546-2995.

Written by political veteran Avery Krut, the $49.95 book covers every aspect of Barack Obama's life and historic campaign for the Presidency, combining elements of scrapbook, photo album and souvenir treasure trove.

Among the Vault's colorful pages are more than 50 separate pieces of Obama memorabilia, including reproductions of his birth certificate, high school yearbook photographs, family snapshots and historic speeches-plus collectible postcards, bumper stickers and campaign posters.

All of the personalities are here in Krut's dramatic narrative: Hillary and Bill Clinton, John McCain and Sarah Palin, Joe Biden and Joe the Plumber. But, in the end, the Obama Collector's Vault is the story of one remarkable American and his family.

Readers for generations to come can relive the heady days of the Obama '08 Campaign from hopeful beginnings to its landmark conclusion. They can also revisit the stirring words of Barack Obama's most important speeches, including the electrifying 2004 Convention Keynote and "American Promise," the 2008 Acceptance Speech that moved tens of thousands in Denver's Mile High Stadium.

Historic photographs will take you from Barack's first tricycle to the triumphant night in Chicago's Grant Park when he became the President-Elect-- from the shy young man in Hawaii to the confident leader about to assume his rightful place on the chart of all 44 American Presidents that concludes this historic keepsake.

Along the way, you'll see images that have become icons alongside rare photos of Barack with his family in Kenya. There's even an order form to acquire an 8 x 10" Commemorative Inaugural Photograph of President Obama after he takes the oath for just $10.

The Barack Obama Collector's Vault was produced by Whitman Publishing-- innovative publishers of antique, collectible and sports publications-- available on the Web at www.whitmanbooks.com.