Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / Barack Obama.
| Author/creator |
Obama, Barack |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 1st pbk. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Three Rivers Press, ©2004. |
| Description | xvii, 442 pages ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Abstract | 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 father₇a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man₇has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey₇first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother₂s 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. |
| Local note | Little-341178--305131049526$ |
| Local note | Little-341178--305131049526$ |
| General note | Originally published: New York : Times Books, c1995. With new introd. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016. |
| ISBN | 1400082773 |
| ISBN | 9781400082773 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | Rare Collection | E185.97.O23 A3 2004B | ✔ Available | Request Material |