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Barack Obama : a biography / Joann F. Price.
Van Pelt Library E901.1.O23 P75 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Price, Joann F.
- Series:
- Greenwood biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obama, Barack.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Presidential candidates.
- African American legislators.
- United States.
- African American legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- Politics and government.
- Illinois--Politics and government--1951-.
- Illinois.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Timeline: Events Significant to the Life of Barack Obama xiii
- Chapter 1 Family History 1
- Chapter 2 Formative Years in Hawaii and Indonesia 17
- Chapter 3 College and Community Activism in Chicago 29
- Chapter 4 A Trip to Kenya and Harvard Law School 41
- Chapter 5 Teaching Constitutional Law, Marriage, Family, and Illinois State Politics 51
- Chapter 6 The Senator from the State of Illinois 65
- Chapter 7 Best-selling Author, Michelle Obama, and Another Trip to Africa 77
- Chapter 8 Obamamania, an Exploratory Committee, and the Announcement 85
- Chapter 9 The Campaign for the Presidency 97
- Chapter 10 The Campaign Continues 111.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-137) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313344886
- 0313344884
- OCLC:
- 192081599
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