Preface Summary of “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama

Preface Summary of “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama

It’s been almost ten years since the book “Dreams From My Father” by Barack Obama was first published. Obama wrote this book back when he was still attending law school. In 1992, he started to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. Obama and his wife bought a home and had 2 beautiful daughters but started to struggle to pay the bills. In 1996, he ran for office and won. Obama also won the Democratic nomination for a seat as the U.S, senator from Illinois.

Before this book was re-published, Obama took out an old copy of his book and read a few chapters to see how much his voice’s been changed. He stated that he wanted to cut the book by over fifty pages. He also stated that he would tell this story differently than he did over ten years ago. Obama’s mother passed away a few months after the book was published. While he was writing this book, Obama would share his drafts with his mother for corrections of stories that he has misunderstood for. He mentioned that if he had known of his mother’s illness, he would have written a different book.

Jacky Leung
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