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Twenty West: The Great Road Across America

2 reviews
MAC Nelson

State University of New York Press, 2008

An engaging travelogue about journeying upon America's longest road, US Route 20
Twenty West: The Great Road Across America in an engaging travelogue about journeying upon America's longest road, US Route 20, a coast-to-coast road crossing twelve states as it stretches 3,300 miles from Boston, Massachusetts to Newport, Oregon. Written by Mac Nelson (Distinguished Teaching Professor of English at SUNY Fredonia) and drawing heavily from his personal experience touring its ...

Reflections in Prison: Voices from the South African Liberation Struggle

University of Massachusetts Press, 2002

In 1976, while imprisoned on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela secretly wrote the bulk of his autobiography, "Long Walk to Freedom." The manuscript was to be smuggled out by fellow prisoner Mac Maharaj on his release later that year. Maharaj also urged Mandela and other prominent political prisoners to write essays on South Africa's political future. These were smuggled out with Mandela's autobiography and are now published for the first time. ...

Waiting for My Fingers: One Man's Reflection on Sin, Suffering, Healing and Victory

1 review
Mac Nelson

PublishAmerica, 2007

Transformation of Body and Soul
Mac Nelson, writer, actor, director, singer, dancer, playwright and teacher shares his journey of physical and spiritual healing with a transparency that is rare, occasionally shocking and always inspiritional.