A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Beah, Ishmael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374105235
- ISBN 13
- 9780374105235
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Sarah Crichton Books 978-0-374-10523-5 [978-0-374-10523-5] 2007. (Hardcover) 229pp. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Chronology. The spine is lightly edgeworn at the top and bottom with a faint vertical reading crease. "This is how wars are fought now: by children, traumatized, hopped-up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. Children have become the soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them". Book about Child Soldiers. Memoir by Ishmael Beah. Locale: Sierra Leone. (Military, Civil War, Memoir, Social Conditions, Soldiers).
Synopsis
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a book written by Ishmael Beah in 2007 about his experiences as a boy soldier.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153655
- Title
- A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
- Author
- Beah, Ishmael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374105235
- ISBN 13
- 9780374105235
- Publisher
- Sarah Crichton Books 978-0-374-10523-5
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- February 13, 2007
- Keywords
- Military, Civil War, Memoir, Social Conditions, Soldiers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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