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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

by Obama, Barack

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ISBN 10
1400082773
ISBN 13
9781400082773
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Random House Inc . Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Synopsis

Published in 1995, 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. 

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On Nov 21 2011, Frodobaggins said:
After reading 'The Audacity of Hope' I wanted to know more about how President Obama's background formed the upbeat, altruistic, intelligent ideas in his book.After reading 'Dreams From My Father', I ordered seven copies for family and friends. 'Dreams From My Father' shed light as to how Mr. Obama was able to formulate his humane, international, open, non-judgemental globallly informed, multi-cultural view of how best to lead America. It would be a wonderful book for American Middle and High School students to read and learn from.

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Bookseller
Magers and Quinn Booksellers US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
182321
Title
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Author
Obama, Barack
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1400082773
ISBN 13
9781400082773
Publisher
Random House Inc
Place of Publication
New York
This edition first published
2004-08-10

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