Pollack, Pam.

Who was Nelson Mandela? / by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi. - New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014] - 105 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. - Who was...? . - Who was-- ? .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105).

Who was Nelson Mandela? -- Troublemaker -- City of light -- Apartheid -- The defiance campaign -- Sharpeville -- Underground -- Robben Island -- Free Mandela -- State of emergency -- President Mandela.

Describes the life of the South African president and revolutionary, from his childhood and his work as a peaceful protestor to his twenty-seven-year imprisonment, his election as president, and his work to end apartheid in South Africa.

ISBN: 9780448479330 (pbk) 0448479338 (pbk)

LCCN: 2013032706

Subjects--Personal Names:
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--South Africa--Biography.
Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
Anti-apartheid movements--South Africa.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa--Politics and government--1948-1994.
South Africa--Politics and government--1994-

Dewey Class. No.: 968.065092