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The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama  Cover Image Book Book

The bridge : the life and rise of Barack Obama

Remnick, David. (Author).

Summary: Examines the experiences of Barack Obama's life and explores the ambition behind his rise to the presidency, from his relationship with his parents to how social and racial tensions influenced his philosophy.

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  • ISBN: 9780375702303
  • ISBN: 037570230X
  • Physical Description: print
    x, 662 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Vintage books ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2011.

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General Note:
"With a new epilogue"--Cover.
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-629) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: The Joshua generation -- A complex fate -- Surface and undertow -- Nobody knows my name -- Black metropolis -- Ambition -- A narrative of ascent -- Somebody nobody sent -- Black enough -- The wilderness campaign -- Reconstruction -- A righteous wind -- A slight madness -- The sleeping giant -- In the racial funhouse -- The book of Jeremiah -- "How long? Not long?" -- To the White House -- Epilogue -- Epiloge to the Vintage edition.
Subject: Obama, Barack
United States. Congress. Senate Biography
Presidents United States Biography
Presidential candidates United States Biography
United States Politics and government 2001-2009
African American politicians Illinois Chicago Biography
African American legislators Illinois Biography
Illinois Politics and government 1951-
Legislators United States Biography

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library E 908 .R46 2011 30775305533268 General Collection Available -

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