Joost westdijk biography of barack obama
Biography of barack obama president...
Dreams from My Father
Book by Barack Obama
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995) is a memoir by Barack Obama that explores the events of his early years in Honolulu and Chicago until his entry into Harvard Law School in 1988.
Joost westdijk biography of barack obama
Obama originally published his memoir in 1995, when he was starting his political campaign for the Illinois Senate.[1]
After Obama won the U.S. Senate Democratic primary victory in Illinois in 2004, the book was re-published that year.
He gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (DNC) and won the US Senate seat in the fall. Obama launched his presidential campaign three years later.[2] The 2004 edition includes a new preface by Obama and his DNC keynote address.[2]
According to The New York Times, Obama modeled Dreams from My Father on Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.[3] The book, frequently praised for its literary qualities, has also been criticized