Eye of the hurricane: my path from darkness to freedom
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1. Verfasser: Carter, Rubin 1937-2014 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago Lawrence Hill Books ©2011
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Beschreibung: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
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 philosophy--born of the unimaginable duress of wrongful imprisonment and conceived through his defiance of the brutal institution of prison and a decade of solitary confinement--this 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 syst
Beschreibung:xxi, 328 pages
ISBN:9781569768204
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