Invisible : the forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took down America's most powerful mobster
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Published
New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Status
Ruby Sisson Library - NONFICTION
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Canon City Public Library - BIOGRAPHY | B CARTER | On Shelf |
Ignacio Community Library - NONFICTION | 340.092 CAR | On Shelf |
Lamar Public Library (C426) - BIOGRAPHY | B CARTER EUNICE CARTER | On Shelf |
Ridgway Public Library - NONFICTION | 340.092 CAR | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-350) and index.
Description
She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s-and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the citys underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a white male.Eunice Hunton Carter, Stephen Carters grandmother, was raised in a world of stultifying expectations about race and gender, yet by the 1940s, her professional and political successes had made her one of the most famous black women in America. But her triumphs were shadowed by prejudice and tragedy. Greatly complicating her rise was her difficult relationship with her younger brother, Alphaeus, an avowed Communist who-together with his friend Dashiell Hammett-would go to prison during the McCarthy era. Yet she remained unbowed.Moving, haunting, and as fast-paced as a novel, Invisible tells the true story of a woman who often found her path blocked by the social and political expectations of her time. But Eunice Carter never accepted defeat, and thanks to her grandsons remarkable book, her long forgotten story is once again visible.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carter, S. L. (2018). Invisible: the forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took down America's most powerful mobster (First edition.). Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carter, Stephen L., 1954-. 2018. Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster. Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carter, Stephen L., 1954-. Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carter, Stephen L. Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America's Most Powerful Mobster First edition., Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
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