Young Mandela: The Revolutionary Years

by David James Smith

Book Overview

Nelson Mandela is well-known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the world's elder statesman--the gray-haired man with a kindly smile who spent 27 years in prison before becoming the first black president in South Africa.

But Nelson Mandela was not always elderly or benign. And, in YOUNG MANDELA, award-winning journalist and author David James Smith takes us deep...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316035483
• ISBN13: 9780316035484
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"