ISBN10: 0307383415, ISBN13: 9780307383419, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF ESSENCES 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARSIn this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race (The Washington Post Book World). Quite extraordinary.Toni Morrison In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his fathera figure he knows more as a myth than as a manhas been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odysseyfirst to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mothers family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his fathers life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. Praise for Dreams from My Father Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBrides The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williamss Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride Americas racial categories.Scott Turow Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.The New York Times ...
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Hardcover in dust jacket.Bottom spine end is pushed in.Remainder mark on bottom page edge.No notes, underlining or highlighting. 3q2 Date: 2004. Crown Publishers ISBN 0307383415 9780307383419 [US]

New York: Crown Publishers, Date: 1995. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 2004 Times Books TRUE STATED FIRST THUS EDITION. The hardback is in Very Good condition with intact text and no folds. The rear and front inside lining has the last name and phone number of the previous owner in read (can be painted over to near gold color on request. The unclipped DJ has basically no wear. There is a .25 cm crimson "remainder" dot on the lower pages edge near the spine. 1995. Crown Publishers ISBN 0307383415 9780307383419 [US]

New York: Crown Publishers. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 2004. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 442 pp., First printing of the 2004 edition; originally published in 1995. . 2004. Crown Publishers ISBN 0307383415 9780307383419 [US]

Crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 2004. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 0307383415 . ****Spring Sale! The current price reflects a 20% discount off the regular price, while the item lasts. Sale ends April 2, 2024*****; First Printing of the 2004 reprint edition. Half brown cover over manilla boards has a faint scuff along top right edge of the front cover otherise pristine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Book has never been cracked open. Dust jacket has faint shelf rubbing but near pristine. Publisher's price of $25.95 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a like new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 9.4 X 6.4 X 1.5 inches; 442 pages . 2004. Crown ISBN 0307383415 9780307383419 [US]

New York: Times Books. Nearly fine copy in fine dust jacket. Date: 1995. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 403 pp., First printing of the first edition., A small patch of discoloration on the bottom of the rear board, else fine. . 1995. Times Books ISBN 0307383415 9780307383419 [US]