Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance /
Obama, Barack.
Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / Barack Obama. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2004. - xvii, 457 p. 21 cm.
Originally published: New York : Times Books, c1995.
The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, "Dreams from my Father" is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history, and what makes us the people we are. www.alibris.com
9781400082773
African Americans--United States
Racially mixed people--United States.
Racism
E 185.97.O23 / .D81 2004
Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / Barack Obama. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2004. - xvii, 457 p. 21 cm.
Originally published: New York : Times Books, c1995.
The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, "Dreams from my Father" is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history, and what makes us the people we are. www.alibris.com
9781400082773
African Americans--United States
Racially mixed people--United States.
Racism
E 185.97.O23 / .D81 2004
