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Before the dawn an autobiography

Born in West Belfast in 1948 into a family with close ties to both the trade union and republican movements, Gerry Adams is the eldest of ten children. He writes with affection of his mother, "an articulate and gentle woman," of his father, a republican activist who had been jailed at the age of sixteen, and of his grandmother, who nurtured in him a love of reading. He describes his childhood, despite its material poverty, in glowing and humorous terms, recollecting golden hours spent playing on the slopes of the mountain behind his home and celebrating the intimate sense of community in the tightly packed streets of working-class West Belfast.

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  • "Born in West Belfast in 1948 into a family with close ties to both the trade union and republican movements, Gerry Adams is the eldest of ten children. He writes with affection of his mother, "an articulate and gentle woman," of his father, a republican activist who had been jailed at the age of sixteen, and of his grandmother, who nurtured in him a love of reading. He describes his childhood, despite its material poverty, in glowing and humorous terms, recollecting golden hours spent playing on the slopes of the mountain behind his home and celebrating the intimate sense of community in the tightly packed streets of working-class West Belfast."@en
  • "Gerry Adams is widely regarded as the most controversial leader in modern Irish history. While commentators and politicians have condemned him and all he stood for, few know what sort of man he really is. Now, readers can judge for themselves."
  • "La vie et les combats de Gerry Adams; les conflits que vit son pays."
  • "Conflict, insurrection, and bitter struggle that ensued when, in his view, peaceful political agitation was met with hysterical reaction, and the sectarian tinder-box of Britain's last colony erupted. From the pogroms of 1969 to the hunger strikes of 1981, from the streets of West Belfast to the cages of Long Kesh, this powerful memoir is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Ireland."
  • "Born in West Belfast in 1948 into a family with close ties to both the trade union and republican movements, Gerry Adams is the eldest of ten children. He writes with affection of his mother, "an articulate and gentle woman," of his father, a republican activist who had been jailed at the age of sixteen, and of his grandmother, who nurtured in him a love of reading. He describes his childhood, despite its material poverty, in glowing and humorous terms, recollecting."
  • "Golden hours spent playing on the slopes of the mountain behind his home and celebrating the intimate sense of community in the tightly packed streets of working-class West Belfast. But even before leaving school to work as a barman, he had become aware of the inequities and inequalities of life in the north of Ireland. Soon he was engaged in direct action on the issues of housing, unemployment, and civil rights. Gerry Adams brings a unique perspective to the years of."

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  • "Autobiographie (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Autobiographies"
  • "Autobiographie"
  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
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  • "Antes del amanecer : una autobiografía"
  • "Antes del amanecer : una autobiografía"@es
  • "Before the dawn an autobiography"
  • "Before the dawn an autobiography"@en
  • "Before the dawn : an autobiography"
  • "Before the dawn : an autobiography"@en
  • "Notre jour viendra"
  • "Notre jour viendra : [autobiographie]"
  • "Abans de l'aurora : autobiografia"@ca
  • "Abans de l'aurora : autobiografia"
  • "Herinneringen"
  • "Bevor es Tag wird : Autobiographie"
  • "Prin xēmerōsei : mia autoviographia"

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