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American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption is a political profile of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie by journalist Matt Katz published on January 19, 2016 by Simon & Schuster.
In the book, Katz, a journalist who has covered Christie for The Philadelphia Inquirer, New Jersey Spotlight, WNYC, and New Jersey Public Radio, discusses Christie's career phase by phase, including his position as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Christie's governorship, the Fort Lee lane closure scandal (aka Bridgegate) and his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election
The Philadelphia Inquirer credits Katz with breaking the "usual" dense, dull style of political biography to deliver a book that "brims with jaw-dropping anecdotes of political intrigue, plotting and scheming the Jersey way, Christie tactics, and encounters with supporters, political enemies, bipartisan allies, and angry voters."