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Eye of the Hurricane
My Path from Darkness to Freedom
Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, [2011]
Format: Book
Description: xxi, 328 pages ; 24 cm
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 Hurricane explores Carter's personal philosophy, born of the unimaginable duress of wrongful imprisonment and conceived through his defiance of the brutal institution of prison and ten years of solitary confinement. His is not a comfortable story or a comfortable philosophy, but it offers hope for those who have none and serves as a call to action for those who abhor injustice. Eye of the Hurricane may well change the way we view crime and punishment in the twenty-first century.
Contents:
Introduction : a prisoner of ignorance : living in darkness -- Boys' prison : light where the sun don't shine -- The prison of family : what my father didn't tell me -- Image and identification : two ways we keep ourselves asleep -- Surviving prison : awakening to myself -- The hole in the wall : finding the higher path -- Taking "the work" out into the world : turning water into wine -- The rewards and responsibilities of a conscious life : the way of a one-eyed man -- Why I left the association in defense of the wrongly convicted : acting upon the truth -- Just enough : home free.
Subjects:
Carter, Rubin, 1937-2014.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Judicial error -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Carter, Rubin, 1937-2014.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Judicial error -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
ISBN:
9781569765685
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Carter, Rubin | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |