Edition |
1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed. |
Description |
xxv, 641 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-609) and index. |
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. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
Obama, Barack -- Childhood and youth.
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Obama, Barack. |
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Obama, Barack -- Family.
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Families. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Hawaii -- Biography.
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Hawaii. |
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Obama, Barack -- Travel -- Africa.
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Travel. |
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Africa. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Obama, Barack -- Childhood and youth.
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Obama, Barack -- Family.
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Obama, Barack -- Travel -- Africa.
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Hawaii -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9781439160411 (paperback) |
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1439160414 (paperback) |
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