 First edition cover | |
| Author | Ishmael Beah |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jennifer Carrow, Michael Kamber, Philip Smith (photograph) |
| Language | English |
| Subject | History, Sierra Leone Civil War |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Sarah Crichton Books |
Publication date | February 13, 2007 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hard and paperback) Audio CD |
| Pages | 240 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-10523-5 |
| OCLC | 69423270 |
| 966.404 B 22 | |
| LC Class | DT516.828.B43 A3 2007 |
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a 2007 memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author from Sierra Leone. The book is a firsthand account of Beah's time as a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War in the 1990s.[1] The book describes the change from Beah being an innocent child to being corrupted by war and its effects. The book received positive reception and won several awards. However, some news outlets and historians have claimed parts of the novel do not correlate with historical events and could be inaccurate.
- ^ "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | the Zeleza Post". Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-06-23.