The Obamas : the untold story of an African family / Peter Firstbrook.
2011
CT2227.5.O23 F57 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The Obamas : the untold story of an African family / Peter Firstbrook.
Author
Firstbrook, P. L.
Edition
1st American ed.
ISBN
9780307591401
0307591409
0307591409
Publication Details
New York : Crown Publishers, c2011.
Language
English
Description
333 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., geneal. table ; 25 cm.
Call Number
CT2227.5.O23 F57 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.932092/2 B
Summary
The astonishing story of Barack Obama's Kenyan roots, "The Obamas" is the product of dozens of interviews with Obama's African relatives, presented by the first person to trace Obama's family history back 400 years and 23 generations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Two elections, two presidents
Meet the ancestors
The life and death of Opiyo Obama
The Wazungu arrive
The new imperialism
Five wives and two world wars
A state of emergency
Mr. "Double-Double"
Epilogue
Glossary of people
Glossary of terms and place names
Timeline.
Two elections, two presidents
Meet the ancestors
The life and death of Opiyo Obama
The Wazungu arrive
The new imperialism
Five wives and two world wars
A state of emergency
Mr. "Double-Double"
Epilogue
Glossary of people
Glossary of terms and place names
Timeline.