Where's the Birth Certificate?

Where's the Birth Certificate? is a controversial non-fiction book by Jerome Corsi that presents arguments challenging Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as President of the United States. The book reached #6 on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover non-fiction after its release in May 2011. The text examines various aspects of Obama's background, focusing on his early life, education, and citizenship status. Corsi presents documentation and testimony to support his central thesis about constitutional qualification requirements for the presidency. The book was published shortly after the White House released Obama's long-form birth certificate, though the publisher maintained that this timing validated rather than undermined their investigation. The work received significant attention in conservative media outlets and sparked widespread public debate. This politically charged book exemplifies how documentation, citizenship, and constitutional requirements became focal points of Obama-era political discourse.

Reviews indicate readers approached this book based on their existing beliefs about Barack Obama's birth certificate controversy. Positive reviews praised: - The research and documentation provided - The number of sources cited - Questions raised about media coverage Critical reviews focused on: - Book being released after Obama released long-form certificate - Claims being debunked by fact-checkers - Perceived political motivation rather than journalistic investigation Ratings across platforms: Amazon: 3.4/5 (384 reviews) Goodreads: 3.1/5 (89 ratings) Sample reader comments: "Thorough research with extensive footnotes" - Amazon reviewer "Lost credibility when the actual certificate was released before publication" - Goodreads reviewer "More political rhetoric than investigative reporting" - Barnes & Noble reviewer The book received limited professional reviews from mainstream publications, with most coverage focusing on timing issues with its release after Obama's certificate publication.

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❯ Author Jerome Corsi holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University and has written multiple bestselling political books, including "Unfit for Command" (2004) ❯ The book's announcement and pre-release marketing campaign prompted President Obama to release his long-form birth certificate in April 2011, just weeks before the book's publication ❯ Despite Obama releasing his birth certificate before the book's launch, the publisher WND Books proceeded with its planned 200,000 copy first printing ❯ The phrase "natural-born citizen" that features prominently in the book's constitutional arguments appears only once in the U.S. Constitution, specifically in Article II, Section 1 ❯ The book sparked a legal response from the Obama campaign team, who created a website called "Fight the Smears" specifically to counter claims made in this and similar publications