The Resource Call me American : a memoir, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
Call me American : a memoir, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
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The item Call me American : a memoir, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mitchell Community Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Call me American : a memoir, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mitchell Community Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print Edition.
- Extent
- 429 pages (large print)
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
- Contents
-
- Under the neem tree
- The first bullets
- Trail of thorns
- City of women and children
- Arabic to English
- The one they call American
- Buufis
- Wedding vows
- Sin and punishment
- Trapped
- No number
- Messages from Mogadishu
- Little Mogadishu
- Long odds
- White rooms
- Respect
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781643580487
- Label
- Call me American : a memoir
- Title
- Call me American
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
- Subject
-
- Large type books
- trueIftin, Abdi Nor
- Immigrants -- Maine -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Identity | Immigrants
- Somali Americans -- Maine -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- Immigration and emigration
- trueRadio broadcasters
- Muslims -- Maine -- Biography
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Iftin, Abdi Nor
- Autobiographies
- trueSomali Americans
- trueMaine
- trueImmigration policy
- trueMuslims
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueImmigrants
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card."--
- Summary
- A young Somalian, who learned English through American pop culture uses his skills to post secret dispatches to the Internet and NPR after a radical Islamist group comes to power and until he finally wins a visa lottery to emigrate
- Award
-
- Library Journal Best Books, 2018.
- ALA Notable Book, 2019.
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10667076
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Iftin, Abdi Nor
- Dewey number
- 920.0092/93540741
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- CT275.I43
- LC item number
- A3 2019b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Alexander, Max
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iftin, Abdi Nor
- Somali Americans
- Immigrants
- Muslims
- Large type books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Call me American : a memoir, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Under the neem tree -- The first bullets -- Trail of thorns -- City of women and children -- Arabic to English -- The one they call American -- Buufis -- Wedding vows -- Sin and punishment -- Trapped -- No number -- Messages from Mogadishu -- Little Mogadishu -- Long odds -- White rooms -- Respect -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 21661966
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print Edition.
- Extent
- 429 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643580487
- Lccn
- 2018048014
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1057243229
- Label
- Call me American : a memoir, Abdi Nor Iftin with Max Alexander
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Under the neem tree -- The first bullets -- Trail of thorns -- City of women and children -- Arabic to English -- The one they call American -- Buufis -- Wedding vows -- Sin and punishment -- Trapped -- No number -- Messages from Mogadishu -- Little Mogadishu -- Long odds -- White rooms -- Respect -- Epilogue
- Control code
- 21661966
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Center Point Large Print Edition.
- Extent
- 429 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781643580487
- Lccn
- 2018048014
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1057243229
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueIftin, Abdi Nor
- Iftin, Abdi Nor
- trueImmigrants
- Immigrants -- Maine -- Biography
- trueImmigration policy
- Large type books
- trueLife stories -- Identity | Immigrants
- trueMaine
- trueMuslims
- Muslims -- Maine -- Biography
- trueRadio broadcasters
- trueSomali Americans
- Somali Americans -- Maine -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- Immigration and emigration
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueLife stories
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2019
- trueBest Biography & Memoir 2018
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2018 Nonfiction
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