Eye of the Hurricane My Path from Darkness to Freedom

by Carter, Rubin Hurricane; Klonsky, Ken; Mandela, Nelson

• ISBN13: 9781569765685
• ISBN10: 1569765685
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

Summary

Onetime seemingly unstoppable boxing champion, victim of a false conviction for a triple homicide, and spokesperson for the wrongfully incarcerated, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is a controversial twentieth century icon. In this moving narrative, Dr. Carter tells of the metaphoric and physical prisons he has survived: his poverty-stricken childhood, his troubled adolescence and early adulthood, his 19-year imprisonment with 10 years in solitary confinement, and the knowledge that his life was forever altered by injustice. A spiritual as well as factual autobiography, his is not a comfortable story or a comfortable philosophy, but he offers hope for those who have none, and his words are a call to action for those who abhor injustice.Eye of the Hurricanemay well change the way we view crime and punishment in the twenty-first century.

Author Biography

The recipient of two honorary doctor of law degrees, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter is former chair and CEO of Canada’s Association in Defense of the Wrongfully Convicted and currently serves as CEO of Innocence International. His life is the subject of the film The Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington. Ken Klonsky is a freelance writer and a prisoners’ advocate. Former antiapartheid activist, leader of the African National Congress, and president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela is a Nobel laureate and an international advocate for human rights.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xi
Introduction: A Prisoner of Ignorance: Living in Darkness	p. 1
Boys' Prison: Light Where the Sun Don't Shine	p. 25
The Prison of Family: What My Father Didn't Tell Me	p. 41
Image and Identification: Two Ways We Keep Ourselves Asleep	p. 59
Surviving Prison: Awakening to Myself	p. 87
The Hole in the Wall: Finding the Higher Path	p. 121
Taking ôthe Workö Out into the World: Turning Water into Wine	p. 157
The Rewards and Responsibilities of a Conscious Life: The Way of a One-Eyed Man	p. 197
Why I Left the Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted: Acting Upon the Truth	p. 237
Just Enough: Home Free	p. 253
Appendix: Where the Law Silences the Truth: The Tragic Wrongful Conviction of David McCallum	p. 261
Index	p. 311
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