Long walk to freedom : the autobiography of / Nelson Mandela ; [foreword by William Jefferson Clinton].

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 qu...

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Main Author: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
Other Authors: Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, ©2013.
Edition:1st pbk ed.
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Physical Description:638 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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