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Lazarus and the Hurricane

by (author) Sam Chaiton & Terence Swinton

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Nov 1999
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780670834822
    Publish Date
    May 1991
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780140285390
    Publish Date
    Nov 1999
    List Price
    $24.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780140139303
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $13.99

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Description

Immortalized in the Bob Dylan song "Hurricane Rubin Carter, a number one contender for the world middleweight boxing crown, became a civil rights cause célèbre in the mid-seventies when he was wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in New Jersey. After public outcry forced a retrial, Carter was the victim of a second travesty of justice, when he was reconvicted, and given the same triple-life sentence.

When Lesra Martin - a youth from the Brooklyn ghetto who moved to Toronto with a group of Canadians - learned of Carter's plight after reading the boxer's memoirs, The Sixteenth Round, he told his new family the tragic story. The group soon took up Carter's cause and worked tirelessly to win his freedom.

A riveting legal drama and a powerful story of hope and humanity, Lazarus and the Hurricane is the story of justice gone wrong and the incredible dedication needed to set it right.

About the authors

Sam Chaiton, the middle son of Holocaust survivors, is one of the Canadians who helped Rubin Carter gain his freedom. Co-author of the international bestseller Lazarus and the Hurricane, he is portrayed in the film The Hurricane by Liev Schreiber. A founder of Innocence Canada, Sam lives with his partner in Toronto.

Sam Chaiton's profile page

Terence Swinton's profile page