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An edition of One hundred and seventeen days: an account of confinement and interrogation under the South African ninety-day detention law (1965)

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An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africas pioneering anti-apartheid activistsAn invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth Firsts isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogators after her arrest in 1963. Upon her arrest, she was detained in solitary confinement under South Africas notorious ninety-day detention law. This is the story of the war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branch captorsa work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and the dignity of the human spirit.

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Stein and Day
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English
Pages
142

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Political prisoners Biography Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction Anti-apartheid activists Prisonniers politiques South africa, biography South africa, social conditions South africa, race relations South africa, juvenile literature Political prisoners, south africa South africa, politics and government Women, africa Imprisonment Personal narratives République Sud-Africaine. Affaire First Râepublique Sud-Africaine. Affaire First République Sud-Africaine. Prisons Râepublique Sud-Africaine. Prisons Politics and government

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Ruth First (1925-1982)

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South Africa Afrique du Sud

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Cover of: 117 days
117 days: an account of confinement and interrogation under the South African 90-day detention law
1982, Penguin
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Cover of: 117 days.
117 days.
1965, Stein and Day
in English
Cover of: One hundred and seventeen days
One hundred and seventeen days: an account of confinement and interrogation under the South African ninety-day dentention law
1965, Penguin Books
in English

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Dewey Decimal Class
365.4
Library of Congress
HV8964.A35 F5

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Pagination
142 p.
Number of pages
142

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OL5950353M
LCCN
65022991
OCLC/WorldCat
265679

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Work ID
OL1734018W

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