{"product_id":"9780062207807","title":"American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn six videos found only in American Tapestry’s enhanced e-book edition, join author Rachel L. Swarns as she talks to Reginald Washington—an archivist and genealogist at the National Archives—and Jewell Barclay—a distant relative of Michelle Obama—about the mystery man in Mrs. Obama’s family tree, the challenges of American genealogical work, and the rewards of learning about your own family’s history. This edition also features an exclusive interactive family tree which allows you to explore the First Lady’s ancestry through family photographs and historical documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American story—a journey from slavery to the White House in five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, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Tapestry\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\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—a man who remained hidden in her lineage for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Tapestry\u003c\/em\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, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Tapestry\u003c\/em\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—black, white, and Native American—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\u003ePlease note that due to the large file size of these special features this enhanced e-book may take longer to download then a standard e-book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119116042480,"sku":"9780062207807","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062207807_p0.jpg?v=1763628598","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062207807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}