ISBN10: 1400082773, ISBN13: 9781400082773, [publisher: Crown 2004-08-10, New York] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]

ISBN10: 1400082773, ISBN13: 9781400082773, [publisher: Crown] Softcover Barack Obama&#160was&#160the 44th&#160president of the United States,&#160elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms.&#160He&#160is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and the&#160New York Times&#160bestselling a.
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ISBN10: 1400082773, ISBN13: 9781400082773, [publisher: Random House LLC US Aug 2004] Softcover Neuware -#1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER ONE OFESSENCE S 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 MorrisonIn 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 father a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.Praise forDreams from My Father Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride sThe Color of Waterand Gregory Howard Williams sLife on the Color Lineas a tale of living astride America s 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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ISBN10: 1400082773, ISBN13: 9781400082773, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. #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 ...