What set me free : a true story of wrongful conviction, a dream deferred, and a man redeemed
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Author
Banks, Brian, 1985-
Contributors
Dagostino, Mark, author.
Published
New York : Atria Paperback, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First Atria paperback edition.
ISBN
9781982121310, 1982121319
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
New York : Atria Paperback, 2019.
Edition
First Atria paperback edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781982121310, 1982121319

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"The story that inspired the major motion picture Brian Banks" -- Cover.
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"The unforgettable and inspiring true story of Brian Banks, whose youth was shattered by a miscarriage of justice, yet who still found a way to achieve his dream of playing in the NFL."--Back cover.
Description
At sixteen Banks was a nationally recruited All-American Football player; by his seventeenth birthday he was in jail awaiting trial for a crime he did not commit. As a young black man accused of rape, he was advised to take a plea deal--and was sentenced to six years in prison. Banks made the choice to shed the bitterness and anger he felt, and focus only on the things he had the power to control. Emerging from prison with five years of parole still in front of him, he set out to prove his innocence. As his parole was set to expire, armed with a shocking recantation from his accuser and the help of the California Innocence Project, the truth came out and he was exonerated. At age twenty-eight, Banks made true his dream to play for the NFL. -- Adapted from back cover

Subjects

LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Banks, Brian, -- 1985-
False arrest.
Football players -- Biography.
Judicial error.
Professional athletes -- Biography.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Banks, B., & Dagostino, M. (2019). What set me free: a true story of wrongful conviction, a dream deferred, and a man redeemed (First Atria paperback edition.). Atria Paperback.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Banks, Brian, 1985- and Mark, Dagostino. 2019. What Set Me Free: A True Story of Wrongful Conviction, a Dream Deferred, and a Man Redeemed. New York: Atria Paperback.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Banks, Brian, 1985- and Mark, Dagostino. What Set Me Free: A True Story of Wrongful Conviction, a Dream Deferred, and a Man Redeemed New York: Atria Paperback, 2019.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Banks, B. and Dagostino, M. (2019). What set me free: a true story of wrongful conviction, a dream deferred, and a man redeemed. First Atria paperback edn. New York: Atria Paperback.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Banks, Brian, and Mark Dagostino. What Set Me Free: A True Story of Wrongful Conviction, a Dream Deferred, and a Man Redeemed First Atria paperback edition., Atria Paperback, 2019.

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