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Illuminating Lives: Biographies of Fascinating People from South African History

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In this fresh and highly readable collection of South African biographical essays, a distinguished group of authors illuminate the lives of eleven colorful and complex men and women whose personal experiences throw fascinating light on the times in which they lived. The individuals whose stories are told here are very different in time, in place and in work and at play, but are united by an abundantly rich humanity and by the fascinatingly different ways in which they navigated their existence through the uneven waters of South Africa's distant and more recent past.Including administrators and activists, sportsmen and teachers, a missionary, a pilot, a painter and a poet, Illuminating Lives is a wide-ranging and moving book which provides readers with striking and unexpected insights into history. Here are some intriguing South African lives well worth knowing about.

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Vivian Bickford-Smith is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Vivian Bickford-Smith enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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