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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
by Carlin, John
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- Hardcover
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- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1594201749
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201745
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About This Item
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($24.95 price intact). Published by The Penguin Press, 2008. Octavo. Red boards over red boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear and scuffs. 274 pages. ISBN: 9781594201745. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
Beginning in a jail cell and ending in a rugby tournament- the true story of how the most inspiring charm offensive in history brought South Africa together After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His plan was ambitious if not far-fetched: use the national rugby team, the Springboks-long an embodiment of white-supremacist rule-to embody and engage a new South Africa as they prepared to host the 1995 World Cup. The string of wins that followed not only defied the odds, but capped Mandela's miraculous effort to bring South Africans together again in a hard-won, enduring bond.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151714
- Title
- Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
- Author
- Carlin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594201749
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201745
- Publisher
- Penguin Press HC, The
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
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