The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472

The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472

Contributor(s): Carter, Rubin "Hurricane" (Author)

ISBN: 1569765677 EAN: 9781569765678

Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books (View Publisher's Titles)

US SRP: $ 16.95 US

Binding: Paperback

Pub Date: April 01, 2011

Annotation: Previously published: New York: Viking, 1974.

Publisher Marketing: 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.