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Knowing Mandela : a personal portrait Cover Image Book

Knowing Mandela : a personal portrait / John Carlin.

Carlin, John, 1956- (Author).

Summary:

Draws on conversations with Mandela and interviews with those closest to him to provide an account of the challenges the statesman faced and the triumphs he achieved during South Africa's post-apartheid years.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062323938
  • ISBN: 9780062323934
  • Physical Description: xi, 144 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperPerennial, [2013]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The president and the journalist -- Great expectations -- Nelson and Cleopatra -- Wooing the Blacks -- The bitter-enders -- A hero to his valet -- White tears -- Magnanimity.
Target Audience Note:
1230L Lexile

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Subject: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
Political prisoners > South Africa > Biography.
Presidents > South Africa > Biography.
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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