""Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom "is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a twentieth-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. In this moving narrative Dr. Carter tells of all the "prisons" he has survived--from his childhood through his wrongful incarceration and after. A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, "Eye of the Hur ..."
The Sixteenth Round From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Rubin Andquot Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2011 by Chicago Review Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-1-56976-567-8, ISBN: 1-56976-567-7
"The survivor of a difficult childhood and youth, Rubin Carter rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. While in prison, Carter chronicled the events that led him from the ring to three consecutive life sentences and 10 years in solitary confinement. His story was a ..."
""Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom "is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a twentieth-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. In this moving narrative Dr. Carter tells of all the "prisons" he has survived--from his childhood through his wrongful incarceration and after. A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, "Eye of the Hur ..."
"On May 26, 1967, the spiraling career of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, then the top contender for the world middleweight boxing crown, came to a shuddering and tragic halt: he and a young fan were found guilty of murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. The nightmare knew no bounds as Carter traded his superstar status for a prison number and the concrete walls of some of America's most horrific institutions. Originally published a ..."
The 16th Round From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter 368 Pages, Published 2005 by Penguin Global ISBN-13: 978-0-14-751896-5, ISBN: 0-14-751896-2
The Sixteenth Round(1st Edition) From Number 1 Contender to #45472 by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Hardcover, 339 Pages, Published 1974 by Viking Press Import ISBN-13: 978-0-670-64750-7, ISBN: 0-670-64750-0
"Second printing. Corners sharp, pages bright and clean, binding tight and square. Good dust jacket has a one inch closed tear at bottom front and is lightly tanned along edge of front flap."
The Sixteenth Round From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter 368 Pages, Published 2011 by Chicago Review Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56976-861-7, ISBN: 1-56976-861-7
"“Yes, sir,” answered Bello very loudly. “On or about June 15, 1962, were you
convicted of assault with intent to rob in Passaic County Court and given an
indeterminate sentence at Annandale, to run concurrent with the first conviction
that I mentioned?” “Yes, sir.” “On or about June 15, 1962, were you convicted of
breaking and entering with intent to steal, and larceny, and sentenced to
Annandale for an indeterminate term to run co ..."
The Sixteenth Round From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Paperback, Published 1995 by Warner Treasures ISBN-13: 978-0-446-91020-0, ISBN: 0-446-91020-1
"Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was riding a wave of success. The survivor of a difficult youth, he rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people and sentenced to three consecutive life terms. Written from prison and first published in 1974, The Sixteenth Round chronicles Hurricane's jo ..."
"When was the last time you remember a radical political statement from any
athlete, white or black, like John Carlos or Tommie Smith and their Black Power
salute at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City? How dared they mix sport and
politics? They are still the most reviled American athletes in Olympic history, and
they didn't take performance-enhancing drugs! But who challenges the right of
the armed forces to show their wares at the S ..."
"Film-Veteran Norman Jewison hat als einer der wenigen Filmemacher verstanden, dass eine überzeugende Film-Biografie oft nur entstehen kann, wenn man sich nicht sklavisch an die Fakten hält, sondern im Sinne der Geschichte Dinge vielleicht vereinfacht oder aus dem Plot verbannt. Wenn die Essenz der Geschichte dabei nicht verloren geht, hat dies nichts mit Verfälschung zu tun. Ein eindrucksvolles Beispiel dafür stellt seine Filmbiografie ..."
"In his direction of The Hurricane, veteran filmmaker Norman Jewison understands that slavish loyalty to factual detail is no guarantee of compelling screen biography. In telling the story of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--who was wrongly convicted of murder in 1967 and spent nearly two decades in jail--Jewison and his screenwriters compress time, combine characters, and rearrange events with a nonchalance that would be galling if they ..."
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