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Book Review of Long Walk to Freedom : The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long Walk to Freedom : The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
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Reading this book puts you in the presence of greatness. Mandela was a man who had extraordinary abilities and bold dreams. He fought a principled and strategic fight, suffered its consequences and emerged not only victorious but with his modesty, empathy and generosity of spirit intact. His autobiography is indeed long, and a bit of a slog in the middle, but the ending is so uplifting it brought me to tears.