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Author:

Kramer, Ann.

Title:

Mandela : the rebel who led his nation to freedom / Ann Kramer.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

2008, c2005

Description:

64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Mandela, Nelson,--1918---Juvenile literature.
Presidents--South Africa--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Mandela, Nelson,--1918-
Blacks--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners.
Presidents--South Africa.
Mandela, Nelson,--1918-
Blacks--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners--Biography.
Presidents--South Africa--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.

Contents:

Childhood on the Veldt -- Xhosa : a noble background -- Starting school -- Leaving Qunu -- Life in the Great Place -- European domination -- Becoming a man -- Boarding school -- Running away -- Johannesburg -- Politics and marriage -- Apartheid -- Defiance and treason -- On the run -- Life imprisonment -- Free Mandela! -- Release from prison -- Free elections -- Becoming President -- Retirement.

Summary:

Tells the life story of South African political leader Nelson Mandela, discussing the villages of his childhood, the Xhosa people, his education, his fight to end apartheid, his many years in prison, and his victory as president in South Africa's first democratic elections.

Series:

National Geographic world history biographies

ISBN:

9780329675271
0329675273
9781426301735
1426301731
0329675273 (pbk.)
9780329675271 (pbk.)
1426301731 (pbk.)
9781426301735 (pbk.)

Locations:

HLPC845 -- Alton Public Library (Alton)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)