Ordinary Man An Autobiography

Name: Ordinary Man An Autobiography
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ISBN: 9780670037520

ISBN-10: 0670037524

ISBN-13: 9780670037520

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner

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The riveting life story of Paul Rusesabaginathe man whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda As his country was being torn apart by violence during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, hotel manager Paul Rusesabaginathe Oskar Schindler of Africarefused to bow to the madness that surrounded him. Confronting killers with a combination of diplomacy, flattery, and deception, he offered shelter to more than twelve thousand members of the Tutsi clan and Hutu moderates, while homicidal mobs raged outside with machetes. An Ordinary Manexplores what the Academy Award-nominated film Hotel Rwandacould not: the inner life of the man who became one of the most prominent public faces of that terrible…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 4/6/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Paul Rusesabaginais a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Civil Rights Museums 2005 Freedom Award.

Tom Zoellneris a contributing editor forMen's Healthmagazine and has worked as a reporter at theSan Francisco Chronicle, The Salt Lake Tribune,andThe Arizona Republic. The 2002 recipient of the Knight Fellowship in Specialized Reporting, he lives in New York City.