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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 Date due 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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