"In 1979, Lesra, a 16-year-old African American boy from an impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood, befriended three thirtysomething Canadians in the borough on business. The boy, whom the Canadians flew to Toronto to visit them, had led a life so far from the comforts of nature that he stumbled trying to walking on a lawn. Charmed by the exuberant and obviously intelligent Lesra (Lazarus), and aware that without decent health care, a safe e ..."
Lazarus and the Hurricane(Tie-In Edition) The Untold Story of the Freeing of Rubin Hurricane Carter by Sam Chaiton, TerrySwinton, Terence Swinton Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2000 by Simon & Schuster Import ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-0917-9, ISBN: 0-7434-0917-5
"This astounding true story begins in 1966, when in a flagrant miscarriage of justice, middleweight boxing contender Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter is sentenced to life for the murder of three men in a New Jersey bar."
"In 1979, Lesra, a 16-year-old African American boy from an impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood, befriended three thirtysomething Canadians in the borough on business. The boy, whom the Canadians flew to Toronto to visit them, had led a life so far from the comforts of nature that he stumbled trying to walking on a lawn. Charmed by the exuberant and obviously intelligent Lesra (Lazarus), and aware that without decent health care, a safe e ..."
Lazarus and the Hurricane (The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter) by Sam Chaiton, TerrySwinton Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 1999 by St. Martin's Griffin ISBN-13: 978-0-7394-0912-1, ISBN: 0-7394-0912-3
"Lazarus and the Hurricane (The Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter) [hardcover] Chaiton, Sam and Swinton, Terry [Jan 01, 1999]"
Lazarus and the Hurricane(1st Edition) The Untold Story of the Freeing of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter by Sam Chaiton, TerrySwinton Hardcover, 1 Pages, Published 1991 by Penguin Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-670-83482-2, ISBN: 0-670-83482-3
"In 1979, Lesra, a 16-year-old African American boy from an impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood, befriended three thirtysomething Canadians in the borough on business. The boy, whom the Canadians flew to Toronto to visit them, had led a life so far from the comforts of nature that he stumbled trying to walking on a lawn. Charmed by the exuberant and obviously intelligent Lesra (Lazarus), and aware that without decent health care, a safe e ..."
"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 ..."
Lazarus e Hurricane la lotta per la libertà di un campione innocente e del ragazzo che gli divenne amico by Sam Chaiton, TerrySwinton Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 2000 by Rizzoli ISBN-13: 978-88-17-86462-6, ISBN: 88-17-86462-5