Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, [2007].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 442 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780307383419, 0307383415
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.1, 26 Points
Lexile measure
1010

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Originally published: New York : Times Books, c1995. This edition appears without keynote address to the Democratic Convention, 2004.
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Publication date from dust jacket.
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 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.
Target Audience
1010L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.1,26,113511.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Obama, B. (2007). Dreams from my father: a story of race and inheritance (First edition.). Crown Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Obama, Barack. 2007. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Crown Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Obama, Barack. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Crown Publishers, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Obama, Barack. Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance First edition., Crown Publishers, 2007.

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