New book looks at the early years of Obama

Pulitzer-winning writer David Maraniss traveled around the globe to examine the early life of America's 44th President.

Pulitzer-winning writer David Maraniss traveled around the globe to examine the early life of America’s 44th president.  Maraniss journeyed from Kansas to Kenya to Indonesia to Honolulu in search of the Barack Obama’s ancestral and cultural history. Maraniss also attempts to provide deeper insight as how Obama’s multicultural past shapes his present day character. The biography, Barack Obama: The Story, was just released.

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