The Struggle Is My Life
"A concise, low-cost updated documentary study of the man, his  life and thought....  There is a solid index and thirty-four evocative  photos to enhance the text." --The International Journal of African Historical Studies"A useful addition to both public and college libraries." --Library Journal"A useful introduction to Mandela's life and work through his  speeches and writing." --Los Angeles Times/The Book Review"Perhaps the most riveting and revealing documents are the  transcripts of Mandela's trials.... They give the reader a better  understanding of Pretoria's fear of Nelson Mandela." --Christian Science Monitor"Reveals the patience, thoughtfulness and wisdom of the man who is  the real leader of South Africa.... Especially valuable for the insights  into his character and the character of those fighting for freedom in South  Africa...." --Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of The Color Purple"Those who prefer abstractions or empty phrases, or  fanciful--supposedly political-- ideas, would do best to avoid this book, because Nelson Mandela is not a  Quixotic fighter of windmills and imaginary monsters but a man who is  fighting the bitter reality of the apartheid monster that is destroying the  essence of his own beloved people, in the same way that colonialism is  destroying the essence of my own people. In this book we meet an idealist  with his feet firmly planted in the earth." --Rafael Cancel Miranda