{"product_id":"2940170035502","title":"American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American story amp;ndash; a 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, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e traces the complex and fascinating tale of Michelle Obama's ancestors, a history that the First Lady did not even know herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel L. Swarns, a correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 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-grandfather amp;ndash; a man who remained hidden in her lineage for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e 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, and the horrors of Jim Crow to build a better future for their children. Swarns even found a possible link to the Jewish Reform movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough it is an intimate family history,\u003ci\u003e American Tapestry\u003c\/i\u003e is also the collective chronicle of our changing nation, a nation in which racial intermingling lingers in the bloodlines of countless citizens and slavery was the crucible through which many family lines amp;ndash; black, white, and Native American amp;ndash; were forged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpic in scope and beautifully rendered, this is a singularly inspiring story with resonance for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA HarperAudio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114933764336,"sku":"2940170035502","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170035502_p0.jpg?v=1763699551","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170035502","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}