Complex, dramatic, and surprising, Long Walk to Freedom is an intimate account of one of the great lives of the 20th century" (publisher's note, loosely inserted). Mandela is modest about his triumphs and frank about his failures - both personal and political. The book presents a detailed account of Mandela's tribal childhood, long struggle against political terror, imprisonment, and the secret negotiations that ended Apartheid. "Largely written in secret while he was in prison, Nelson Mandela's acclaimed autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, is a personal portrait of the complicated 'ordinary' man behind the mythical leader. The Easton Press edition is a handsome publication for the collector market, signed, bound in leather, and printed on archival quality paper especially milled for the publication. Mandela's autobiography met with international acclaim upon its first publication in South Africa in 1994. First Easton Press edition, signed by Nelson Mandela on the edition page as issued.
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