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Author
Language
English
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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 odyssey₇first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition Vintage Español.
Physical Desc
xix, 405 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The son of an African father and white American mother discusses his childhood in Hawaii, his struggle to find his identity as an African American, and his life accomplishments.
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