Long Walk to Freedom : The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (Paperback)

from johnthefireman

An excellent work by the world's greatest elder statesman, giving a great deal of interesting detail and background about South Africa's liberation struggle. I was quite surprised to read that in the 1960s Mandela and the ANC were open to compromise. He relates that they told the apartheid regime...

from LynnB

Mr. Mandela's autobiography is extremely well written. Don't let the length intimidate you because it's highly readable. Don't worry that 27 years in prison might not give the author much to say about that period because it is one of the most interesting parts of the book. A wonderful book about ...

from Tony2704

Brilliant, love this gut and his never say die attitude, a fantastic read and also educational at times if you are not up to speed with Apartheid anf what it meant

from bfertig

Though Nelson Mandela wrote these words about his colleague Oliver Tambo, they are fitting to him as well: 'He too epitomized Chief Luthuli's precept: 'Let your courage rise with danger.'' Nelson Mandela's autobiography is simply a must read. Mandela's writing captures your attention and dares yo...

from joyharmon

"How could anything interesting happen in prison?" I thought. And yet, it does. What Mandela thought and did during those years in prison had a lasting influence on South Africa. His patience and estute perceptions about people and how to bring them together made him uniquely qualified to bring t...