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02413aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 E64FC1B6FFEF11E2825DCEF2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130808010053 008 121022s2013 nyuafj b 001 0deng d 020 $a 0061999873 020 $a 9780061999871 035 $a (OCoLC)813929208 040 $a YDXCP $c YDXCP $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d JQM $d MIQ $d EYP $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Swarns, Rachel L. 245 10 $a American tapestry : $b the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of Michelle Obama / $c Rachel L. Swarns. 250 $a First Amistad Paperback edition. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Amistad, $c c2013. 300 $a 391, 10 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill., gen. tab. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Contains 10 pages of "P.S. - insights, interviews & more..." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 -- Melvinia's secret. 520 $a Illuminating the lives of the ordinary people who fought for freedom in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, this intimate family history traces the compelling story of Michelle Obama's ancestors, taking readers on a journey from slavery to the White House in five generations that bears witness to our changing nation. --Publishers Description. 600 10 $a Obama, Michelle, $d 1964-. 650 0 $a Presidents' spouses $v Genealogy. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Genealogy. 650 0 $a African American families. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a Racially mixed people $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20130808010634.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E64FC1B6FFEF11E2825DCEF2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search