Barack Obama : the story / David Maraniss.
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 starredKirkus ReviewLibrary Journal StarredBooklist starred, April 2012Kirkus Review, March 2012Library Journal Starred, May 2012
- Target Audience Note:
- AdultAdult Follett Library Resources
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- Biographies.
Available copies
- 24 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Alleghany Public Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 40599000825300 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 39488900023864 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Canton Library | B Obama (Text) | 33115007165902 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 22281500085133 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Corolla Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 39488600111803 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Eden Library | B Obama (Text) | 31554009434316 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Elkin Public Library | B OBAMA (Text) | 40599000825318 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | B Obama, Barack (Text) | 0112519156130 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | B Oba (Text) | 30308101056035 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | OBAMA (Text) | 33258007326304 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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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.
