Edition |
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-609) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : It's not even past -- In search of El Dorado -- Luoland -- "In this our life" -- Nairobi days -- Afraid of smallness -- Beautiful isle of somewhere -- Hapa -- Orbits -- "Such a world" -- Marked man -- What school you went? -- Barry Obama -- Riding Poniyem -- Mainland -- End and beginning -- The moviegoer -- Genevieve and the veil -- Finding and being found. |
Summary |
Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the life of Barack Obama and the forces that shaped him, from early childhood through his adult years, as he became the first black president of the United States. |
Subject |
Obama, Barack -- Childhood and youth.
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Obama, Barack -- Family.
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Hawaii -- Biography.
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Obama, Barack -- Travel -- Africa.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Biographies. |
Standard # |
9781439160404 |
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1439160406 |
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9781439160411 paperback |
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1439160414 paperback |
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9781439167533 ebook |
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1439167532 ebook |
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