Dreams From My Father

by Obama-, Barack

Published in 1995, 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. 

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New York: Times Books, 1995. First Edition / First Issue. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. The true first edition of Dreams From My Father, signed by Barack Obama.. Octavo, xi, 403pp. White boards, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with first state number line (98765432). Faint dust remnant along top edge… Read more about this item
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New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2009. Broadway Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near fine. From the office of the Speaker of the House, John Boehner, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, inscribed by the author, President Barack Obama.. Octavo, xvii, 442pp, [4]. Illustrated paperback. Stated "First Broadway Paperbacks Edition" on copyright page. Two highlighted passages in Chapter… Read more about this item
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New York: Times Books/ Random House, 1995. First edition of this memoir by the 44th President of the United States. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Barack Obama on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Robin Schiff. Jacket art by Steven Dana. Author photograph by Warren Browne. Housed in a custom… Read more about this item
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