Dream Begins: How Hawaii Shaped Barack Obama [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Born and raised in the most multicultural state in the union, United States presidential candidate Barack Obama bears the indelible stamp of his native Hawai'i. Here is a coming-of-age story set in Hawai'i's storied "melting pot"-a revealing look at what makes Obama tick. The social mores of the Aloha State and the experience of growing up in an island culture have had a deep and lasting influence on the candidate. Obama himself has noted, "What's best in me, and what's best in my message, is consistent with the tradition of Hawai'i."

Authors Glauberman and Burris offer concise lessons in Hawai'i history to help the reader understand its racial and ...
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Overview

Born and raised in the most multicultural state in the union, United States presidential candidate Barack Obama bears the indelible stamp of his native Hawai'i. Here is a coming-of-age story set in Hawai'i's storied "melting pot"-a revealing look at what makes Obama tick. The social mores of the Aloha State and the experience of growing up in an island culture have had a deep and lasting influence on the candidate. Obama himself has noted, "What's best in me, and what's best in my message, is consistent with the tradition of Hawai'i."

Authors Glauberman and Burris offer concise lessons in Hawai'i history to help the reader understand its racial and social climate, and how such an environment could impact a young man like Obama. For, as his wife, Michelle Obama, has said, "You can't really understand Barack until you understand Hawai'i." Interviews with Obama's Punahou School classmates and teachers, as well as others who knew the Senator in his youth, add a personal dimension to the narrative. Obama's paternal and maternal family history and his years in Indonesia are also thoroughly covered.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780984421268
  • Publisher: Watermark Publishing
  • Publication date: 2/5/2010
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 935,827
  • File size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

Foreword vi

Introduction viii

1 Stepping onto a World Stage 1

2 Starting School in Honolulu 7

3 Hawai'i in the Time of Statehood 15

4 A Woman from America, a Man from Africa 29

5 Indonesia's Unity in Diversity 45

6 Barry Meets His Father 58

7 Choosing between Black and White 66

8 Hawai'i in the '70s 82

9 Punahou School, Microcosm of Hawai'i 93

10 Barry O'Bomber, Reserve Forward 100

11 Turbulent Times in High School 106

12 Hawai'i's Multicultural Milieu 116

13 The Lessons of Hawai'i 125

14 The Campaign Seen from Hawai'i 131

15 The Return of the Native Son 136

Sources 143

Index 150

Acknowledgments 151

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