TY - SOUND AU - Mandela,Nelson AU - Glover,Danny TI - Long walk to freedom: the autobiography of Nelson Mandela SN - 1586216880 U1 - 920 22 PY - 2004///, c1994 CY - New York PB - Time Warner AudioBooks KW - Mandela, Nelson, KW - Presidents KW - South Africa KW - Biography KW - Audiobooks KW - Politics and government KW - 1948-1994 N1 - Abridged; Compact discs; Read by Danny Glover with a foreword by Kofi Annan; Issued also on cassette N2 - This is an articulate, moving account of Mandela's life from his "country childhood" following his birth on July 18, 1918 to his inauguration as president of South Africa on May 10, 1994. Mandela traces the growth of his understanding of the oppression of the blacks of South Africa; his conviction that there was no alternative to armed struggle; his developing belief that all people, black and white, must be free for true freedom; and the effect that his commitment to overthrowing apartheid had on his family, who "paid a terrible price." ER -