Michela Wrong

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In Dreams From My Father, his exploration of race and roots, Barack Obama recalled the tales heard in childhood about the man who gave him his name.

  • The Other Barack: The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama’s Father

    Sally H. Jacobs

    Public Affairs, pp. 297

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