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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (847 hits)

In 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.

Formats: Audiobook, eBook, Book
Written by Barack Obama
On Sale: August 10, 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8277-3

http://www.randomhouse.com/book/123909/dre...

http://www.barackobama.com/



Posted By: Jen Fad
Sunday, August 19th 2012 at 10:39AM
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It's a great story in his own words.

It gives us a keen insight into the character of the man. I felt like I was sitting in my living room listening to him think out loud.

He is a gifted writer.


Sunday, August 19th 2012 at 12:50PM
Richard Kigel

again, i am inspired by your Tremendous Contributions to BIA reading and learning.

thank you

As most histories of Presidents are eventually detailed, i cannot wait to read the book about his grandmother Habiba Akumu Hussein and his African part of AfricanAmerican Family.........


Monday, August 20th 2012 at 9:26AM
powell robert
I loved this book and I cried when I got to a certain point... you guys will come back and share with me which part that is in the book.
Monday, August 20th 2012 at 9:11PM
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