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Desmond Tutu A Biography
Steven D. Gish
ISBN: 0-313-36172-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36172-2
200 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2008
List Price: $20.00 (UK Sterling Price: £13.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Greenwood Biographies
Reviews:
  • The reader gets to know the man with the quick wit and sparkling personality as well as his strong stance on change without violence, even though he faced intense racial hatred and harassment. Students will learn firsthand about apartheid and how it affected Tutu and his family.
    —Multicultural Review     Summer 2005
  • [I]ncludes original quotes from Gish's own interviews with Tutu as it follows his progression from boy to man, the evolution of his social consciousness, and his struggles against apartheid. His perseverance against all odds makes for a particularly strong account.
    —MBR Bookwatch     August 2005
  • Many quotes, actions, feelings and attitudes of Tutu's should satisfy older teen and adult research needs.
    —Catholic Library World     June 2005
Description: History will remember Desmond Tutu, who has been called South Africa's Martin Luther King, Jr., as a great leader in the struggle against apartheid. In this new biography, which includes original quotations from the author's interviews with Tutu, readers will follow the steady progress of a boy and man who has held an irrepressible faith in humankind and his God. They will learn about his family, schooling, important mentors, and extraordinary career trajectory in South Africa and abroad. Now retired, Tutu's accomplishments and contributions to the world can be fully appreciated.

The clear explanation of the policy of apartheid, how it affected Tutu and his family, and how he helped to bring it crashing down will affect and inform students as no history alone can. They will marvel over his sparkling wit and effervescent personality, his nonviolent stance in the face of intense racial hatred and harassment, and his persistence against enormous odds. This will be an effortless, enjoyable, enlightening and inspiring read.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Introduction
    Timeline of Events in the Life of Desmond Tutu
    Beginnings
    Youth
    Teaching in a Land of Apartheid
    Entering the Priesthood
    Relocating to Britain
    Return to Southern Africa
    Second Stay in Britain
    New Challenges in Southern Africa
    General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches
    Rising International Profile
    Bishop of Johannesburg
    Archbishop of Cape Town
    Witnessing the Birth of a New South Africa
    Truth and Reconciliation
    Too Busy to Retire
    Glossary
    Selection of Published Works by Desmond Tutu
    Selected Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: Steven D. Gish is Associate Professor of History at Auburn University of Montgomery in Alabama and specializes in South African and African history.
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