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The Sixteenth Round
The Sixteenth Round

The Sixteenth Round

From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

368 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $16.95 (CA $18.95) (US $16.95)

Publication Date: April 2011

ISBN 9781569765678

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Apr 2011)
Lawrence Hill Books

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Overview

"A document of life lived in the center of hell."  —Sports Illustrated

The survivor of a difficult childhood and youth, Rubin Carter rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. While in prison, Carter chronicled the events that led him from the ring to three consecutive life sentences and 10 years in solitary confinement. His story was a cry for help to the public, an attempt to set the record straight and force a new trial. Bob Dylan wrote a classic anthem for Carter's struggle; and Joan Baez, Muhammad Ali, Roberta Flack, and thousands more took up the cause as well. Originally published in 1974, this account is an eye-opening examination of growing up black in America, problems in the United States prison system, and Carter's own battles.

Reviews

"A document of life lived in the center of hell." —Sports Illustrated


"When they come to list the greatest boxers, Hurrican's name isn't likely to pop up in the Top 10. But when they come to list the greatest figures of the 20th century, he'll be alone at the peak." —Boston Globe


"A shocking, savage and brilliant indictment of racial injustice and the inhumanity of the prison." —Globe and Mail


"Carter's scorching and poetic autobiography." —Toronto Sun

Author Biography

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is former chair and CEO of Canada's Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted and current CEO of Innocence International. He received honorary doctor of law degrees from Griffith University of Australia and York University in Toronto in recognition of his extensive legal work. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.