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First Edition of The Sixteenth Round; Lengthily Inscribed by Rubin Hurricane Carter and Signed by Bob Dylan
CARTER, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan].
The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.
New York: Viking Press, 1974.
First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of 'Hurricane' Carter's battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "June 1st 1975 M'Lady Roberta Felson: Now the reason why I used the sub-title of 'M'Lady' - is because you have got to be a Queen ... because your husband, Milt, is definitely a King! And on this - the Queen's once-a-year birthday - the entire Carter-clan wishes you the very best of everything that this wonderful life has to offer. So from me to you - although I have never laid eyes on your beautiful self - I love you madly! And may you always walk in peace ... With much love, Rubin Hurricane Carter." Additionally signed by Bob Dylan opposite the half-title page. "Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released as a single in November 1975. It was also included on Dylan's 1976 album Desire. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction. The recipient is possibly Roberta Felsen, the wife of Milton Felsen, Chairman of The Hurricane Trust Fund, which raised nearly $600,000 to fund the ...
Price: $18,500.00 Item Number: 146630
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First Edition of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's The Sixteenth Round; Signed by Bob Dylan
CARTER, Rubin "Hurricane" [Bob Dylan].
The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to #45472.
New York: Viking Press, 1974.
First edition of this exceedingly powerful account of 'Hurricane' Carter's battle with the American legal system. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by Bob Dylan on the front free endpaper. Bob Dylan co-wrote "Hurricane" with Jacques Levy, a protest song, that was released as a single in November 1975. It was also included on Dylan's 1976 album Desire. The song is about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. It compiles acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which Dylan describes as leading to a false trial and conviction. Carter was wrongfully convicted of the murder of three white victims of a bar in Paterson, New Jersey, a court decision that resulted in the loss of almost 20 years of Carter's life to imprisonment. On June 17, 1966 at approximately 2:30 a.m., two men had entered the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson and began shooting, killing the bartender and a customer, and wounding two others, only one of which would survive. When questioned, both witnesses told police the shooters had been black males escaping in a white vehicle, and ten minutes later, a police cruiser stopped Carter and John Artis, a 19-year-old student athlete with no criminal record, who had just left the Nite Spot bar in a rental car. Carter was in the back, with Artis d...
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 151553
