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010 $a 97039287
020 $a155849135X (alk. paper / Univ. of Mass. Pr.)
020 $a0864863187 (David Philip)
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050 00 $aHX450.5.A8$bC58 1998
082 00 $a322.4/4/092$aB$221
100 1 $aClingman, Stephen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85213470
245 10 $aBram Fischer :$bAfrikaner revolutionary /$cStephen Clingman.
260 $aAmherst, Mass. :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press ;$aCape Town, South Africa :$bDavid Philip ;$aBelville :$bMayibuye Books, University of Western Cape,$c1998.
263 $a9806
300 $axi, 500 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aMayibuye literature and history series ;$vno. 86
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aIn 1964 Bram Fischer led the defence of Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial. In 1966 Fischer was himself sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa for his political activities against the policies of apartheid. Before his sentencing he had spent nine months underground, in disguise, evading a nationwide manhunt. He was South Africa's most wanted man, his cause recognised and celebrated around the world.
520 8 $aWhat had brought him to these circumstances? And what led to his untimely death after nine years in prison? This biography follows a fascinating journey of conscience and personal transformation.
520 8 $aFischer was born into one of the most prominent Afrikaner nationalist families, yet came to understand that to be a South African in the fullest sense he had to identify with all of South Africa's people. A Rhodes Scholar and distinguished lawyer, endowed with gifts of intelligence, charisma, and integrity, he abandoned the temptations of power and prestige to ensure human rights and justice for all. Drawn to communism in order to solve problems of race, he offered revised versions and visions of both.
520 8 $aCovering more than one hundred years of South African history, the book ranges from the stories of Fischer and his wife, Molly, to the courtroom drama of South Africa's great political trials, to the political intrigue of the 1960s and beyond.
600 10 $aFischer, Bram,$d1908-1975.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97110738
650 0 $aCommunists$zSouth Africa$vBiography.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1948-1961.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125491
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1961-1978.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125492
650 0 $aApartheid$zSouth Africa.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005907
830 0 $aMayibuye literature and history series ;$vno. 86.
852 00 $boff,glx$hHX450.5.A8$iC58 1998