TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kramer,Ann
TI  - Mandela: the rebel who led his nation to freedom 
T2  - National Geographic world history biographies
SN  - 9781426301735 (pbk.)
AV  - DT1974 .K725 2008
U1  - 968.06/5/092B 22
PY  - 2008///], c2005
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Geographic
KW  - Mandela, Nelson,
KW  - Presidents
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Political prisoners
KW  - Blacks
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index; Childhood on the Veldt -- Xhosa : a noble background -- Starting school -- Leaving Qunu -- Life in the Great Place -- European domination -- Becoming a man -- Boarding school -- Running away -- Johannesburg -- Politics and marriage -- Apartheid -- Defiance and treason -- On the run -- Life imprisonment -- Free Mandela! -- Release from prison -- Free elections -- Becoming President -- Retirement; Wilson's Children; School Library Journal; Library Media Connection starred; 6.5; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; Follett Library Resources; 3-6; 860L; Lexile
N2  - Tells the life story of South African political leader Nelson Mandela, discussing the villages of his childhood, the Xhosa people, his education, his fight to end apartheid, his many years in prison, and his victory as president in South Africa's first democratic elections
ER  -