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Tree Shaker
Contributor(s): Keller, Bill (Author)
ISBN: 159643533X     ISBN-13: 9781596435339
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $13.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Political
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Africa
Dewey: B
Lexile Measure: 1270
Series: New York Times
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.30 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Cultural Region - Southern Africa
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 119449
Reading Level: 9.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:

He was a child of royalty, born and raised to defend tradition. But his African name--Rolihlahla, meaning tree shaker--hinted at a very different future. Nelson Mandela would spend most of his life shaking his country to its roots.
For challenging the cruel system of apartheid, Mandela would be condemned as South Africa's most notorious outlaw and spend more than twenty-seven years in prison. He would emerge to lead a peaceful revolution, becoming the father of a new South Africa and one of the world's most inspiring heroes.
The new updated edition of New York Times veteran Bill Keller's moving biography looks back on Mandela's life, offering a clear-eyed view of his legacy and bringing his remarkable story to a new generation of readers.

Contributor Bio(s): Keller, Bill: - BILL KELLER has worked at The New York Times for more than twenty years, serving as executive editor, domestic correspondent, foreign correspondent, foreign editor, managaing editor, and currently as an op-ed columnist. He is the author of The Tree Shaker, among other books. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Soviet Union in 1989 and was chief of the Johannesburg bureau from 1192 to 1195, witnessing firsthand the remarkable events that led to the first free election in South Africa. He lives in New York.