Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance
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Published
New York : Three Rivers Press, [2004].
Format
Book
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 453 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
BIO OBAMA, B
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BIO OBAMA, B
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Published
New York : Three Rivers Press, [2004].
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.1, 26 Points
Level 7.1, 26 Points
Lexile measure
1010
Notes
Description
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 father₇a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man₇has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey₇first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother₂s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father₂s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
Target Audience
1010L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.1,26,113511.
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