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Authors: James S. Hirsch
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James S. Hirsch
, a former reporter for the
New York Times
and the
Wall Street Journal,
is the author of
Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter
and
Riot and Remembrance: America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy.
He also teaches literary journalism at Boston University's College of Communication. He lives in the Boston area with his family.
BOOKS BY JAMES'S. HIRSCH
HURRICANE
The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter
A
NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER
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Hirsch writes vividly and tells the entire story with economy and grace.
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BOSTON GLOBE
In 1967, the black boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and a young acquaintance, John Artis, were wrongly convicted of triple murder by an all-white jury in Paterson, New Jersey. As Carter gradually amassed convincing evidence of his innocence, he also embarked on a singular intellectual journey, which ultimately led to a freedom more profound than any that could be granted by a legal authority.
ISBN
0-618-08728-1
RIOT AND REMEMBRANCE
America's Worst Race Riot and Its Legacy
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An illuminating and brilliant discussion of history, memory, and forgetting.
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â
WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
On May 30, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a misunderstanding between a white elevator operator and a black delivery boy escalated into the worst race riot in U.S. history. In this compelling and deeply human account, Hirsch investigates how it erupted, how it was covered up, and how the survivors and their descendants are fighting for belated justice,
ISBN
0-618-34076-9
TWO SOULS INDIVISIBLE
The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam
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A moving story of two men whose courage, sense of duty, and love proved greater than the depravity of their captors.
"
âSENATOR JOHN MCCAIN
A powerfully reported, unforgettable true story,
Two Souls Indivisible
stirringly re-counts the story of Fred Cherry and Porter Halyburton, who first met in their shared cell in a brutal POW camp in Vietnam. Their intense connection would sustain both men through the war and throughout their lives,
ISBN
0-618-56210-9
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*Known as "Pop" Keirn, the forty-one-year-old was captured near the end of World War II as well and spent seven months as a Nazi prisoner.
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*American POWs in South Vietnam lived in jungle camps, where conditions were much worse.
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*Stockdale's heroics contributed to his winning a Congressional Medal of Honor and his selection as the running mate for Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential campaign.
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*The risks of the U-2 were confirmed in 1960, when Gary Powers was shot down over enemy air space.
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*In an interview, Shirley declined to discuss most aspects of the relationship, though she did confirm that she wanted out of Montana.
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*Porter would not meet his father until after he returned from Vietnam.
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*Fred Jr. and Debbie confirm that Shirley told them their father was dead, but Don said his mother told him he was missing in action.
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*The Vietnamese were not without prejudice. According to one POW, a guard walked into his cell with a photograph of Wilt Chamberlain, saying, "He looks just like a monkey. Where does he ever find a woman to satisfy him?"
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*According to Benjamin Schemmer in
The Raid,
during the Vietnam War the United States launched forty-five POW rescue missions, but only one succeeded. On July 10, 1969, an Army specialist was rescued from a Viet Cong camp but he had been shot just before his rescue and died two weeks later.
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*Shirley declined to be interviewed for this book. Unless otherwise noted, the information about her comes from one or more of her children or from court documents in a federal lawsuit against the Air Force, filed by Fred Cherry after his release, regarding money that the Air Force had given his wife. Shirley was not a defendant in the lawsuit.