The Sixteenth Round from #1 Contender to #45472

Carter, Rubin "Hurricane"

ISBN 10: 0670647500 / ISBN 13: 9780670647507

Published by VIKING PRESS, NY, 1974

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1st ed 1st Printing. Dust jacket has general wear, rubbed extremities, age toned, NOT price clipped ($11.95). Book has general shelf wear, rubbed extremities, good binding, clean body and unmared text. Please inquire for additional photos. About the book: 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. 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. DATE PUBLISHED: 1974 EDITION: FIRST ED 339. Seller Inventory # 054437

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sixteenth Round from #1 Contender to ...

Publisher: VIKING PRESS, NY

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: HARD BACK BLACK/WHT

Condition: Very Good. JACKET: CREASED DJ

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: FIRST ED.

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Synopsis:

Book by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

About the Author:

In 1974, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's autobiography, THE 16th ROUND was published by Viking. Written from prison, Carter chronicled the twisted events that took him from world middleweight boxing contender to his life sentence as the accused murderer of three people in a New Jersey bar. Joan Baez, Muhammad Ali and Roberta Flack protested his innocence, and Bob Dylan wrote his classic anthem "Hurricane" about Carter's struggle. But it took the determined efforts of a group of Canadians, including Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton to free Rubin Carter.