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An Ordinary Man
by Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670037524
- ISBN 13
- 9780670037520
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Viking. New York. 2006. Quarter bound in brown with mustard yellow paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine with author's P.R. initials imprinted on front. Small 1mm dot on front board and small bump on bottom of back board, else fine. Signed on title page by author with signed by author sticker from the Harvard Book Store on front. First Edition, first printing with requisite number line ending in 1. Unclipped ($23.95) jacket shows minimal shelf wear and is protected with removable mylar cover. There is nothing ordinary about Mr. Rusesabagina. Son of a Hutu father and a Tutsi mother, his career led him to become the first Rwandan general manager of a Belgian-owned luxury hotel (Mille Collines). The story became the movie, Hotel Rwanda, that described the hundard days of genocide that took place in Rwanda in April 1994. Selected Bibliography at end of book. 5.5x8.5 in. 207 pg.
Synopsis
The remarkable life story of the man who inspired the film Hotel Rwanda Readers who were moved and horrified by Hotel Rwanda will respond even more intensely to Paul Rusesabagina’s unforgettable autobiography. As Rwanda was thrown into chaos during the 1994 genocide, Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, turned the luxurious Hotel Milles Collines into a refuge for more than 1,200 Tutsi and moderate Hutu refugees, while fending off their would-be killers with a combination of diplomacy and deception. In An Ordinary Man , he tells the story of his childhood, retraces his accidental path to heroism, revisits the 100 days in which he was the only thing standing between his “guests” and a hideous death, and recounts his subsequent life as a refugee and activist.
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- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 282
- Title
- An Ordinary Man
- Author
- Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0670037524
- ISBN 13
- 9780670037520
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 207
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Hotel Rwanda, movie, Genocide
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