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The Other Barack
The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators,
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people),
- Kenya,
- Economists,
- Obama, Barack,
- Obama, Barack Hussein,
- Biography,
- Family
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President Obama's Father: A 'Bold And Reckless Life'
July 11, 2011 Sally H. Jacobs' new biography, The Other Barack, follows the troubled life of Barack Obama Sr. — from Kenya to Hawaii and back. Jacobs believes that if Obama Sr. had played a larger role in his son's life, Obama probably wouldn't have become president.
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