A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Born Soldier
New York: Sarh Brighton/ Farrar Strauss, 2007. Hardcover. Fine, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition stated, later (10) printing. Hardcover. 229 pp. A rare first-person account of a 21st century child soldier. Ishmael Beah, 26-years old when this book was published, tells a powerful, gripping story--at age 12 he fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone, wandering a land rendered unrecognizable by violence; by 13, he'd been picked up by the goverment army and forced to become a soldier. He lived that life for more than three years until removed from fighting by UNICEF. He came to the United Statesfinishing his last two high schoill years in New York, then attended and graduated from Oberlin College. Fine / fine. Item #E25571
ISBN: 0374105235
Price: $10.95