The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
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The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
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The work The prison letters of Nelson Mandela represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Amesbury Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- The prison letters of Nelson Mandela
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Sahm Venter ; foreword by Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth. Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years in jail. During his 10,052 days of incarceration, the future leader of South Africa wrote a multitude of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and, most memorably, to his courageous wife, Winnie, and his five children. Now, 255 of these letters, many of which have never been published, provide exceptional insight into how Mandela maintained his inner spirits while living in almost complete isolation, and how he engaged with an outside world that became increasingly outraged by his plight. Organized chronologically and divided by the four venues in which he was held as a sentenced prisoner, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela begins in Pretoria Local Prison, where Mandela was held following his 1962 trial..."--
- Assigning source
- Publisher's website
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- GIP
- Dewey number
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- 968.07/1092
- 968.065 MAN
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
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- DT1974
- DT1974
- LC item number
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- .M3465 2018
- .A4 2018
- Literary form
- letters
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
- U-JkaTWJfKY
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