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Author:	Martin Luther King Jr
Title:	The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Publisher:	Abacus
Country:	UK
Date:	6 Apr 2000
Format:	Paperback
Class Number:	323.092
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Biography
ISBN-10:	0349112983
Barcode:	9780349112985
First Published:	1998
Rating:	8.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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'B' format 400pp including index. 16pp of b&w photographs. First published in USA by Warner (1998) and Great Britain by Little,Brown & Co (1999). Edited by Clayborne Carson.

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Magic Marmalade 8th Mar 2022		Thanks Oldmod. I shall be sending this back to the charity shop, so someone else can read it :) Also just found Nelson Mandela: Long walk to Freedom... but it's HUGE! (getting on for 800 pages) so that'll take a while, right after I've finished Oliver Sacks: The man who mistook his wife for a hat :)



OldMod67 7th Mar 2022		Thanks for the review, Magic Marmalade. I read it first a long time ago, back to back with Robert Dallek's book on JFK, An Unfinished Life. I only own the proof of that, but a finished copy is on 45spaces, JFK World. I found both a great read, especially with their history and all to short lives. Your review is very much how I saw it and I've read the MLK book a few times since. I knew some of his life but no idea of the Gandhi influence. Certainly a 'must read' for anyone interested in the civil rights struggle or even a character study of someone who really made a difference before forced to cease.



Magic Marmalade 28th Feb 2022		Rated 8/10 A fascinating insight into a great man's mind, whilst in the midst of great historical events. This is an "autobiography" constructed from Martin Luther King's personal writings, articles, and letters, and assembled in chronological order, that very much feels like a pre-planned memoir or autobiography, and certainly offers a very open, honest, and candid testament of a great man of peace. The abiding impression that you take from this, is that he was far from a superhuman icon of the ages, which most of us will only see as an historical figure, but rather, quite simply, a man... ...A man of course, of great conviction and faith, but weak and fragile too... having had a great path laid before him, he often has his moments of doubt, about how to walk that path, or even if he should, as well as struggling with the odd moments of ego, that comes from being lauded constantly as the great hero. And so, his true heroism as he himself presents it here, is not that of being infallible, or not susceptible to fear, but finding the courage to endure, and overcome his own fears and doubts, even when those around him were wavering and seemingly were prepared to abandon a non-violent path to freedom, and also the very evident self-awareness of his own ego, which left unchecked, might have gotten the better of him, as it has many other great men of "destiny"... ...Indeed, this for me, is the most impressive thing about him that I took form this book, his constant self examination, recognition, and correction of his faults... a constant self-redeemer. The steadfast support of family, friends, colleagues, his faith, and the teachings of Ghandi, which he frequently references, also deserve the credit he bestows upon them. A great opportunity to look at such a figure from the inside out, rather than the more traditional presentation of a cardboard cut-out archetypal hero, or worse, a self-mythologizing piece of self promotion, as and when such megalomaniacs occasionally choose to confer a testament of their own perfect brilliance on us. A great read too, about the events around him, as witnessed from his point of view. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



OldMod67 4th Jul 2017		Front & rear covers added; apologies for quality of front cover, it's got a silver finish to it...

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