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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance [Advance Reader's Edition]
by Obama, Barack
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 081292343X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812923438
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Times Books by Random House, 1995-06. Advance Copy. Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. PAPERBACK Advance Reader's Edition. New York: Times Books (a division of Random House). Has first edition statement and number line from 9 to 2 on copyright page. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Interior appears free of markings. Some wear to wraps at corners and edges of text block. More photos available upon request. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Synopsis
Published in 1995, 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 odyssey--first 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.
Reviews
On Nov 21 2011, Frodobaggins said:
After reading 'The Audacity of Hope' I wanted to know more about how President Obama's background formed the upbeat, altruistic, intelligent ideas in his book.After reading 'Dreams From My Father', I ordered seven copies for family and friends. 'Dreams From My Father' shed light as to how Mr. Obama was able to formulate his humane, international, open, non-judgemental globallly informed, multi-cultural view of how best to lead America. It would be a wonderful book for American Middle and High School students to read and learn from.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House in Dinkytown
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305080
- Title
- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance [Advance Reader's Edition]
- Author
- Obama, Barack
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Copy
- ISBN 10
- 081292343X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812923438
- Publisher
- Times Books by Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995-06
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- 081292343X|stre500strt1k./.623.1123.850..1223.800..32024
- X weight
- 16 oz
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