Ishmael Beah, author of the book "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier," closes out the 2008-09 season of the Rosamond Gifford Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Crouse-Hinds Concert ...

As promised in today's Post-Standard, here's more from my recent interview with Ishmael Beah, former child soldier and author of the best-selling memoir, A Long Way Gone, who speaks Tuesday in ...

2013-06-22T13:04:17-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/167/20130622130835002_hd.jpgIshmael Beah, a former child soldier, talked about his forthcoming book, Radiance ...

Ishmael Beah’s publisher wouldn’t allow the Voice to interview him, so the Voice sought out the author himself last week at a public appearance in Manhattan. Beah, the elusive author of a ...

Taped by WGBH Forum Network, Ishmael Beah, former Sierra Leonean child soldier and author of the memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, visited Harvard Square's Brattle Theater to discuss ...

2007-04-01T20:00:28-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c43/20070401195948001.jpgIshmael Beah tells why he named his book " A Long Way Gone : Memoirs of a Boy ...

ASPEN ” When Ishmael Beah was 12, rebel soldiers began to overrun the villages in his home country, Sierra Leone. When his own village was attacked, early in 1993, Beah was separated from his parents ...

Ishmael Beah came to prominence as a former child soldier who survived the civil war in Sierra Leone and wrote of his harrowing experiences in the 2007 bestselling memoir A Long Way Gone. He traveled ...

A novel that explores what happens after an African civil war Beah%27s memoir%2C %27A Long Way Gone%2C%27 has sold 1.5 million copies NEW YORK – At 33, Ishmael Beah ...

At the age of 33, Ishmael Beah has lived several lives already. First there was his life as a child in Sierra Leone, before the civil war that led to the massacre of his village and the death of his ...

Ishmael Beah's "A Long Way Gone," a memoir of time spent as a child soldier in Sierra Leone, was a sensation when it was published in 2007. This month the author's first novel, "Radiance of Tomorrow," ...