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005    20180623142858.0 
008    171214s2018    nyu           000 0aeng   
010      2017043213 
020    9781524732196|q(hardcover) 
020    1524732192|q(hardcover) 
020    9780525433026|q(paperback) 
020    0525433023|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1006810672 
037    |bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, 
       Westminster, MD, USA, 21157|nSAN 201-3975 
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050 00 CT275.I43|bA3 2018 
082 00 305.893/540741|223 
100 1  Iftin, Abdi Nor,|eauthor. 
245 10 Call me American :|ba memoir /|cAbdi Nor Iftin with Max 
       Alexander. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2018. 
300    310 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "This is a Borzoi Book." 
505 0  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. 
520    Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. 
       As a child, he learned English by listening to American 
       pop artists like Michael Jackson and watching films 
       starring action heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger. When 
       U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, 
       Abdi cheered the arrival of these real Americans, who 
       seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American
       clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu 
       as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-
       Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it suddenly became 
       dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make 
       a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret 
       dispatches to NPR and the Internet, which found an 
       audience of worldwide listeners. But as life in Somalia 
       grew more dangerous, Abdi was left with no choice but to 
       flee to Kenya as a refugee. In an amazing stroke of luck, 
       Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, 
       though his route to America was filled with twists and 
       turns and a harrowing sequence of events that nearly 
       stranded him in Nairobi. Now a proud resident of Maine and
       on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, 
       deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a 
       vivid reminder of why western democracies still beckon to 
       those looking to make a better life. 
600 10 Iftin, Abdi Nor. 
650  0 Somali Americans|zMaine|vBiography. 
650  0 Immigrants|zMaine|vBiography. 
650  0 Muslims|zMaine|vBiography. 
650  7 Immigrants.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00967712 
650  7 Muslims.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01031029 
650  7 Somali Americans.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01125701 
651  7 Maine.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204270 
655  4 Nonfiction. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919894 
655  7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 
700 1  Alexander, Max,|d1957-|eauthor. 
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