Michelle Obama:a biography
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Greenwood,
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Publisher Address: | Santa Barbara, Calif.: |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Greenwood biographies |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 167 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780313381041 (hbk.) 0313381046 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 9780313381058 (ebook) 0313381054 (ebook) |
Index Number: | K837 |
CLC: | K837.127 |
Call Number: | K837.127/O121B |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Events in the life of Michelle Obama -- Up from slavery -- Marian Robinson, Michelle's mother -- Fraser Robinson III, Michelle's father -- Michelle's brother, Craig -- The education of Michelle Obama -- Michelle, the corporate lawyer -- The character of Michelle Obama -- The Obama marriage -- Michelle Obama in the White House -- Michelle and Barack as parents -- Malia and Sasha -- Michelle Obama, First Lady of fashion -- Michelle Obama among the First Ladies. Ranging across the full arc of Michelle Obama's life, this revealing biography tells the story of her family background-her great-great-grandfather was a slave-her modest Chicago upbringing, her education and well-established legal career, and her relationship with her husband before, during, and after he reached the pinnacle of American politics. |