Barack Obama : the story / David Maraniss
Material type:
TextEdition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: xxiii, 641 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781439160404; 1439160406; 9781439160411; 1439160414Subject(s): Obama, Barack -- Childhood and youth | Obama, Barack -- Family | Obama, Barack -- Travel -- Africa | Presidents -- United States -- Biography | Hawaii -- BiographyGenre/Form: Biography DDC classification: 973.932092 | B LOC classification: E908 | .M368 2012
Contents:
Summary: Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does
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
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/OBA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500023797 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-609) and index
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
Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the forces that shaped the first black president of the United States and explains why he thinks and acts as he does
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