Publication

2010 - Little, Brown, New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

101,250 words, Guess

Page Count

405 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

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and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC968.06/5092
  • DDCB
  • LCCDT1949.M35 S65 2010
and 1 more
  • LCCDT1949.M35S65 2010

Alternate Titles

  • Young Mandela the revolutionary years.

Description

Nelson Mandela is well known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the world's elder statesman, the gray haired man with a kindly smile who spent 27 years in prison before becoming the first black president in South Africa. But Nelson Mandela was not always elderly or benign. And, in this book, the author takes us deep into the heart of racist South Africa to paint a portrait of the Mandela that many have forgotten: the committed revolutionary who left his family behind to live on the run, adopting false names and disguises and organizing the first strikes to overthrow the apartheid state. This work lifts the curtain on an icon's first steps to greatness.

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