Michelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American storya journey from slavery to the White House in five generations. Yet, until now, little has been reported on the First Lady's roots. Prodigiously researched, American Tapestry traces the complex and fascinating tale of Michelle Obama's ancestors, a history that the First Lady did not even know herself. Rachel L. Swarns, a correspondent for the New York Times, brings into focus the First Lady's black, white, and multiracial forebears, and reveals for the first time the identity of Mrs. Obama's white great-great-great-grandfathera man who remained hidden in her lineage for more than a century. American Tapestry illuminates the lives of the ordinary people in Mrs. Obama's family tree who fought for freedom in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; who endured the agonies of slavery, the disappointment of Reconstruction, the displacement of the Great Migration, an condition info: The cover and pages are intact, crisp, and clean. No writing or markings. Binding is tight The former library book has plastic covers and stickers 100% Satisfaction Guarantee Ships from PA American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama Swarns, Rachel L