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9781613748152

Eye of the Hurricane My Path from Darkness to Freedom

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  • ISBN13:

    9781613748152

  • ISBN10:

    1613748159

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2013-08-01
  • Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

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A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, this is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a 20th-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. Exploring Carter's personal philosophyborn of the unimaginable duress of wrongful imprisonment and conceived through his defiance of the brutal institution of prison and a decade of solitary confinementthis work offers hope for those who have none and serves as a call to action for those who abhor injustice. Exposing the inherent flaws in the legal and penal systems, this autobiography also serves as a prison survival manualbe it a brick-and-mortar cell or the metaphorical prison of childhood abuse, racism, and despair.

Author Biography

Dr. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, LLD, was wrongfully convicted of a triple homicide and incarcerated for 19 years before being released in 1988. He is the author of The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 and the CEO of Innocence International, an organization devoted to freeing the innocent worldwide. His life has been the subject of three books and The Hurricane, a major motion picture starring Denzel Washington. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Ken Klonsky is the author of Shrink and Songs of Aging Children. Nelson Mandela is the former president of South Africa, an antiapartheid activist, and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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