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Higher than hope : the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper & Row, [1990]Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xix, 426 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0060161469
  • 9780060161460
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Higher than hope.DDC classification:
  • 324.268/083/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • DT1949.M35 M44 1990
Contents:
1. Roots : In search of the boy Mandela ; The past -- 2. The struggle : Johannesburg ; The sweep of politics ; Evelyn ; Defiance ; Nationalist repression ; The congress of the people ; Parting with Evelyn ; Treason arrest ; The Pan-Aficanist Congress -- 3. Winnie : Bizana ; Johannesburg ; The wedding ; The Mandela routine -- 4. Life-sentence : Sharpeville ; The tribesmen locked in violence ; The Black Pimpernel ; Mission to Africa ; Return of the Black Pimpernel ; On trial and in prison ; Rivonia ; Rivonia: the state's case ; Rivonia: the defence case ; The prisoners ; Loss of comrade and kin ; Attempts to destroy the Mandelas ; Winnie's ordeal ; The children's revolt ; The world honours Mandela ; Murmurs of change -- 5. Letters from prison : Letters ; Photographs ; Problems ; Winnie ; Anniversaries ; Regrets, nostalgia, dreams ; Education ; Heath ; Sons: Thembi, Makgatho ; Daughters: Makaziwe, Zenani, Zindziswa ; Friends ; Kinsfolk ; House and land ; Brandfort ; The world celebrates the Mandelas -- 6. Memorabilia : Mandela milestones.
Summary: A biography of the former South African political prisoner.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
BIOG BIOG Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction B MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DT1949.M35 M44 1990 1 Available 34562000026715

Reprint. Originally published: London : H. Hamilton, 1988.

1. Roots : In search of the boy Mandela ; The past -- 2. The struggle : Johannesburg ; The sweep of politics ; Evelyn ; Defiance ; Nationalist repression ; The congress of the people ; Parting with Evelyn ; Treason arrest ; The Pan-Aficanist Congress -- 3. Winnie : Bizana ; Johannesburg ; The wedding ; The Mandela routine -- 4. Life-sentence : Sharpeville ; The tribesmen locked in violence ; The Black Pimpernel ; Mission to Africa ; Return of the Black Pimpernel ; On trial and in prison ; Rivonia ; Rivonia: the state's case ; Rivonia: the defence case ; The prisoners ; Loss of comrade and kin ; Attempts to destroy the Mandelas ; Winnie's ordeal ; The children's revolt ; The world honours Mandela ; Murmurs of change -- 5. Letters from prison : Letters ; Photographs ; Problems ; Winnie ; Anniversaries ; Regrets, nostalgia, dreams ; Education ; Heath ; Sons: Thembi, Makgatho ; Daughters: Makaziwe, Zenani, Zindziswa ; Friends ; Kinsfolk ; House and land ; Brandfort ; The world celebrates the Mandelas -- 6. Memorabilia : Mandela milestones.

A biography of the former South African political prisoner.

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