Question

Which book was used as a source for this text passage?

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid in World History
Nelson Mandela
Conversations with Myself
Mandela’s Way: Lessons in Life

Answer 1

I don’t have the passage you’re talking about, so I can’t pick which of those four books it came from. Please paste the passage (or a distinctive sentence) and I’ll identify the most likely source.

If you want to try it yourself, here are quick ways to check which book is the source:

- Put a distinctive sentence or phrase from the passage in quotes and search it on Google (or Google Books). Exact-phrase searches often show the book or a snippet.
- Search on Google Books or the publisher’s preview (they index full text snippets).
- If you have academic access, search the phrase in JSTOR, ProQuest, or your library’s e-book search.
- Check the tone and content:
- Conversations with Myself — first‑person letters/diary excerpts and personal reflections by Mandela.
- Mandela’s Way (Richard Stengel) — short anecdotal chapters with leadership/lessons; readable self‑help style.
- Nelson Mandela and Apartheid in World History — academic/scholarly tone, placing Mandela in a global historical context.
- Any book titled simply Nelson Mandela — could be a general biography or reference entry; check author/editor.
- Look for footnotes, chapter headings, or an index reference in the passage; that points to scholarly books.

Paste the passage here and I’ll identify which book (or most likely book) it came from.