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Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance
By: Barack Obama
Paperback | 1 February 2008 | Edition Number 1
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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.
About the Author
Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961. In his early twenties he found his vocation working among poor communities on the south side of Chicago. Later he went to law school at Harvard University, where he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. In 1995 he published his memoir Dreams from My Father, which became a bestseller soon after it was reissued in 2004.
After returning to Chicago, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and later that year he was elected to the US Senate. In 2008 he became President of the United States of America.
Industry Reviews
`Beautifully crafted...moving and candid...this book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's The Color of Water as a tale of living astride America's racial categories.' -- Scott Turow
`A beautiful reflection on an unusual background and a thoughtful analysis of what race means in America today.' * Scotsman *
`An honesty and self-awareness not always found in autobiographers, and more rarely in potential leaders of the free world.' * Telegraph *
`A remarkable story, beautifully told.' * Observer *
ISBN: 9781921351433
ISBN-10: 1921351438
Published: 1st February 2008
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 464
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: AU
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 3 x 12.9 x 19.9
Weight (kg): 0.33
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