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Defending Our Rights in the Courts, the Capitol, and the Streets
By Mark Lane, Foreword by Martin Sheen
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
384 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Cloth, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket
Cloth, $26.95 (CA $29.95) (US $26.95)
ISBN 9781613740019
Rights: WOR
Chicago Review Press (Jun 2012)
Lawrence Hill Books
Overview
The life story of one of the most politically active and controversial people in the 20th century
Freedom Rider, friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Dick Gregory’s vice-presidential running mate, legal defense at Wounded Knee, survivor of the Jonestown Massacre—Mark Lane has been inspiring social consciousness, influencing history makers, and inciting controversy for more than six decades. In Citizen Lane he tells the story of his remarkable life, demonstrating how a single dedicated individual can fight for the underdog, provoke the establishment, and trigger change. From the streets to the courtroom, he has been on the front lines in the events that shaped a generation in opposition to government excesses and war. Icons of the American political and social landscape appear throughout his narrative as Lane's cohorts and companions and as his vicious opponents. Radical leaders embraced him; the FBI and CIA tried to destroy him. No one who dealt with him had a neutral reaction to his forceful, opinionated, larger-than-life persona. Entertaining and enlightening, this autobiography confirms that one person can make a difference and change the lives of millions by holding to his principles regardless of the consequences.
Reviews
“Citizen Lane is at once lighthearted, joyous and suspenseful. Not just a great read, Lane’s unique journey is an essential example in a jaded world of how one man can affect great change. . . . Mark Lane’s life, which he has written over the years with deeds, not words, has been an inspiration to me and the reason that I am an activist for the powerless. For all the struggles and suffering, defeats and victories, Citizen Lane is the magnificent American story of hope. If you read one book this year, even this decade, this is the one.” —Martin Sheen, from the foreword
"Although my views about Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy are well known, I am convinced, and have been for a long time, that had Mark Lane, with his skill and knowledge of the case, represented him at trial, Oswald would have been acquitted." —Gerald Posner, author of Case Closed
"Mark Lane’s inspirational life is told here in riveting, page-turning fashion. Lawyer, prolific author, state legislator, civil rights activist, peace advocate, and lifelong crusader for the kind of justice the courts and the constitution should but often fail to provide, Lane draws together in this autobiography his many previous books as well as his long duels with the CIA and lesser centers of power." —Paul Gaston, professor emeritus of American history, University of Virginia
"I regret the attempts to destroy Mr. Lane." —David Atlee Phillips, Director of the CIA for the Western Hemisphere
Author Biography
Mark Lane is a lawyer, a former member of the New York State legislature, an author, and an activist. He is the bestselling author of Rush to Judgment and Plausible Denial. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Martin Sheen is a distinguished actor, the recipient of 10 Emmy nominations, and the winner of a Golden Globe and other awards. In 2008, he was presented with the Laetare Medal, the most prestigious and oldest honor given to an American Catholic.
