Limb, Peter.

Nelson Mandela : a biography / Peter Limb. - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008. - xvi, 144 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Greenwood biographies, 1540-4900 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-136) and index.

Family and childhood -- Education and youth -- City of gold : law, marriage, and politics -- Politics : Youth League and the African National Congress -- No easy walk to freedom : defiance of apartheid -- On trial, Winnie, and the "Black pimpernel" goes underground -- The long prison years : friends, family, and global solidarity -- Free at last! : release and transition to democracy -- Presidency and new challenges -- After the presidency.

9780313340352 (alk. paper) 0313340358 (alk. paper)

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Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.


Presidents--South Africa--Biography.

DT1974 / .L56 2008

968.065092 LIM