One Day In My Life by Bobby Sands: Diary of an Irish Republican Hunger Striker

Bobby Sands was 27 years old when he died. He spent almost nine years of his life in prison because of his Irish republican activities. He died, in prison, on 5 May 1981, on the sixty-sixth day of his hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, outside Belfast. This book documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands. It is a tale of human bravery, endurance and courage against a backdrop of suffering, terror and harassment. It will live on as a constant reminder of events that should never have happened – and hopefully will never happen again. Documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands while he was imprisoned in Long Kesh. Written on toilet paper with a biro refill and hidden inside Bobby Sands' body it is a gripping story of human bravery, endurance and courage against a backdrop of suffering, terror and harassment and contains frightening examples of mans inhumanity to man. A day in the life of Bobby Sands who spent almost nine years in prison because of his Irish republican activities. A must read for anyone interested in the IRA in Northern Ireland, the hunger strikes or Irish history