391 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
C2012
Contents:
The mystery of Michelle Obama's roots -- Migration: Phoebe, the wanderer ; St. Louis ; Siren song of the North ; A family grows in Chicago ; Exploding dreams ; A child of the Jazz Age ; A man of promise ; Stumbling backward ; Love in hard times ; Struggling and striving ; The search for the truth : Cleveland -- The demise of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow: A man on the rise ; Left behind ; Neither Black nor white ; The reckoning ; Birmingham, the magic city ; Two brothers, two destinies ; The one-armed patriarch ; Twilight ; The search for the truth : Atlanta -- Slavery and emancipation: A slave girl named Melvinia ; Journey to Georgia ; South Carolina gold ; A child is born ; Born free ; Exodus ; The Civil War ; Uneasy freedom -- Epilogue: Melvinia's secret
Summary:
A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama's mixed ancestry as well as a portrait of America itself in an epic and inspiring family saga.
