Alan Paton: A Biography

by Peter F. Alexander

Book Overview

Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country, a classic of modern literature still read by thousands of people every year, brought international attention to the political turmoil in South Africa and its repressive system of apartheid when it was published in 1948. Few people, however, are aware of Paton's astonishing range of abilities, abilities which gave him success in four separate careers: as a teacher, prison reformer, writer, and politician. In Alan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198112378
• ISBN13: 9780198112372
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"