Thank you, 9yrlurker, for pointing this out. This point needs to be hammered home every chance we get. Obama was essentially a nobody when he wrote his autobiography. What was his purpose for writing this, as who would want to read the autobiography of a nobody? Obama's likely purpose was to create a "reference book" on Obama for the lazy press, and the even less curious voters. The witness protection program creates personas too.
"Dreams From My Father" contains composite characters, which in itself should disqualify this book from being characterized as an autobiography.
We need to read the UNAVAILABLE 1995 version of his book. What is in the 1995 original version that was edited out of the Re-released version.