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Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / Barack Obama.
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 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 odyssey₇first 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1400082773 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: xvii, 453 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Revised edition.
- Publisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Originally published: New York : Times Books, c1995. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader Upper Grades 7.1 26.0 |
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| Subject: | Obama, Barack. African Americans > Biography Racially mixed people > United States > Biography Racism > United States United States > Race relations |
| Topic Heading: | History. KCC. Political Science. KCC. |
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- 14 of 14 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lake County Library District.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lake County Main Library - Lakeview. (Show preferred library)
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- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County Main Library - Lakeview | 973.932 OBAMA by OBA (Text) | 37620000492472 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
