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“ A Long Way Gone i s one of the most important war stories of our generation…Ishmael Beah has not only emerged intact from this chaos, he has beco me one of its most eloquent chroniclers. We ignore his message at our peril.” —SEBASTIAN J UNGER, author of The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
Jul 8, 2021 · A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier. by. Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. Publication date. 2007. Topics. Beah, Ishmael, 1980-, Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Biography, Child soldiers, Military participation -- Juvenile, Social conditions, Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Participation, Juvenile, Sierra Leone -- History ...
Feb 15, 2007 · The official site of the book by Ishmael Beah, who was a child soldier in Sierra Leone. Learn about his journey from war to peace and how to get the book in PDF format.
Apr 1, 2007 · A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. In A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah tells a riveting story in his own words: how, at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a...
Drugs, energy stimulants, and other illegal acts (in the United States) cause him to kill without thinking, never even cringing at the sight of death and basically causing him to feel almost...
Aug 12, 2021 · A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007) is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author from Sierra Leone. The book is a firsthand account of Beah's time as a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone (1990s).
Chapter One. There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. It wasn’t until refugees started passing through our town that we began to see that it was actually taking place in our country.
