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BL
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948192
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b702562
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| Main Entry
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Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen,1938-
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| Title & Author
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This child will be great : : memoir of a remarkable life by Africa's first woman president /\ Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper,, ©2009.
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| Page. NO
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353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061353477
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: 0061720127
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: 9780061353475
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: 9780061720123
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The beginning -- Childhood ends -- America again -- The Tolbert years -- The 1980 coup -- Climbing the corporate ladder -- The 1985 elections -- The attempted coup -- Escape -- Equator bank and the Charles Taylor war -- ECOMOG -- UNDP and Rwanda -- War some more/1997 elections -- Self-imposed exile, or exile again -- Accra and the transition -- Becoming President -- Inauguration day -- The first hundred days -- Some challenges ahead -- The future -- Appendix: Inaugural speech by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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| Abstract
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From Liberian President Sirleaf--Africa's first elected female president--comes an inspirational memoir about her improbable rise to international prominence, her fight for political freedom, and her unwavering determination to rebuild Liberia in the wake of civil war.
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Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen,1938-
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Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen,1938-
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Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen.
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Presidents-- Liberia, Biography.
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Women presidents-- Liberia, Biography.
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Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen, 1938- .
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Kvinnliga presidenter-- Liberia, biografi.
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Liberia -- Politics and government -- 1980-
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Nobelpristagare-- fred.
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Pionärer.
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Politics and government
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Politisk verksamhet.
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Presidenter-- politiker-- Afrika-- Liberia-- 2000-talet, biografi.
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Presidenter-- Liberia, biografi.
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Presidents -- Liberia -- Biography. .
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Presidents.
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Women presidents.
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Liberia, Biography.
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Liberia, Politics and government, 1980-
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Liberia.
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| Dewey Classification
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966.6203/3092B
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| LC Classification
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JA
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DT636.53.J64A3 2009
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DT636.53.J64S57 2009
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| NLM classification
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15.92bcl
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K834.477=6clc
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MI 27040rvk
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