LAZARUS AND THE HURRICANE. The Freeing of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter

Softcover. This remarkable true story begins in a Brooklyn ghetto when a group of Canadians meets Lesra (Lazarus), an illiterate black teenager who wins their hearts. They end up bringing him to Toronto to help with his education, and while learning to read, Lesra finds a copy of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's 'The Sixteenth Round'. It was a book destined to change Lesra's life forever, and the lives of his adopted family. Rubin Carter, the subject of Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane," was a number one middleweight boxing contender who had been wrongfully imprisoned after a white jury found him guilty of the murder of three whites in 1966. A huge public outcry followed the publication of 'The Sixteenth Round' in 1974, culminating in a retrial, which was a virtual re-enactment of the original travesty, with Carter receiving the same triple life sentence. Moved by Lesra's passion, his adopted Canadian family contacted Carter and reinvigorated the legal battle. The inspiring relationship that ensued forms the heart of this book, a riveting legal drama, a fast-paced murder investigation, and, above all, a moving account of hope, humanity, and the indomitability of the human spirit. The authors, friends and business partners in Toronto, adopted Lesra and subsequently fought for the release of Rubin Carter. Illus., Appendices and Index. 344pp. 8vo. softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.