Other Barack The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father

Name: Other Barack The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father
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ISBN: 9781586487935

ISBN-10: 1586487930

ISBN-13: 9781586487935

Edition: 2011

Authors: Sally H. Jacobs

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Barack Obama, father of the American president, was part of Africa's "independence generation" and in 1959 it seemed his star would shine brightly. He came to the U.S. from Kenya and was given a university scholarship. While in the Hawaii, he met Ann Dunham in 1961, and his son Barack was born. He left his young family to gain a master's degree from Harvard. After that, Obama's life became progressively more complicated. He was a brilliant economist, yet never held the coveted government job he felt should have been his. He was a polygamist, an alcoholic, and an ardent African nationalist unafraid to tell truth to power at a time when that could get you killed. Father of eight, nurturer of…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 7/12/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



The Old Man



Winyo Piny Kiborne



A Maseno Boy, Almost



Miss Mooney



ï¿½Who the Hell Is That?ï¿½



The World's Greatest University



The Nairobi Men



Lions, Tigers, and Lies



ï¿½Even God Does Not Want Meï¿½


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibiliography


Index