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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela Prebound - 1999
by Nelson Mandela
Summary
Read by Danny Glover, with an introduction by Kofi Annan. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.
First line
APART FROM LIFE, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.
Details
- Title Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
- Author Nelson Mandela
- Binding Prebound
- Pages 656
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Turtleback Books, Turtleback Books
- Date October 1999
- ISBN 9780785784654 / 0785784659
- Weight 1.62 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 8.34 x 5.36 x 1.72 in (21.18 x 13.61 x 4.37 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code B