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Автор: Jesse Russell
Год: 2013
Издание:
Книга по Требованию
Страниц: 115
ISBN: 9785508388317
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah. Published in 2007, this book provides a firsthand account of the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone and the ongoing plight of child soldiers in conflicts worldwide. Beah was forced to run away from attacking rebels in Sierra Leone at the young age of 12; he was then forever separated from his direct family. He wandered his war-filled country and was then forced to join an army unit, which brainwashed him into believing in only large guns, blood, and drugs. By thirteen, he had experienced incidents that others may not have to deal with throughout their entire lives. At the age of 16, however, UNICEF removed him from the unit and gave him a chance to be forgiven and to be loved once more. With the help of some of the staff he was able to forgive himself for everything he had done and to finally move on. He was then given an opportunity to teach others about the...
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Ishmael BeahA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Jesse RussellA Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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