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Barack Obama : the story
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Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the life of Barack Obama and the forces that shaped him, from early childhood through his adult years, as he became the first bla...
Based on hundreds of interviews and documents, this book chronicles the life of Barack Obama and the forces that shaped him, from early childhood through his adult years, as he became the first black president of the United States.
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- Creator
- David Maraniss
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012
- Physical Details
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- xxiii, 641 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781439160404, 1439160406, 9781439160411, 1439160414, 9781439167533, 1439167532
- OCLC
- ocn742509889
- 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