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Journey Continued: An Autobiography
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Alan Paton
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If you know nothing of south african history or politics, this autobiography can serve as an introductory lesson. Paton was a surprisingly devout believer and upholder of moral justice, as well as political activist. This is the last of his set of autobiographies, i believe, and he gets caught up in lots of details. If you can muddle past some of the titles of lectures and things, it really is an insightful read. I was happy to see things from his perspective.
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Alan Stewart Paton was born and educated in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. He started his career by teaching at a school in Ixopo where he met and married his first wife. The dramatic career change to director of a reformatory for black youths at Diepkloof, near Johannesburg, had a profound effect on his thinking. The publication of Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) made him one of South Africa's
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