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Barack Obama : the story / David Maraniss.

Maraniss, David. (Author).

Summary:

A biography of United States President Barack Obama and his parents, discussing his early childhood, relationship with his family, and his travels to Africa to meet the Kenyan members of his family.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781439160404
  • ISBN: 9781439160411
  • ISBN: 1439160406
  • ISBN: 1439160414
  • Physical Description: xxiii, 641 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-609) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Citation/References Note:
Booklist starred
Kirkus Review
Library Journal Starred
Booklist starred, April 2012
Kirkus Review, March 2012
Library Journal Starred, May 2012
Target Audience Note:
Adult
Adult Follett Library Resources

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Hawaii > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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