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Campaign autobiographies are often only interesting in what they tell you about how the candidate would like to be viewed. But this was written in the mid-90s, long before a run for office was on Barack Obama's radar, and it should not come as much of a surprise that it's very good. He's always been a talented writer, and this examination of his own childhood, his post-college years organizing in Chicago, and a trip to Kenya to learn more about his father is well-crafted, despite some uneven pacing and occasional indulgences. It's very much worth the read and still has interesting things to say even nearly 30 years after it was written.