Choices: The Ulysses Long Story

A Louisiana prison inmate at Angola, Ulysses Long, is pardoned by Governor Edwin Edwards at the request of LSU Basketball Coach Dale Brown. This is his unbelievable, true story of faith, determination, hope and love. Hardback, 168 pages. SYNOPSIS  A Long Time Coming...The Ulysses Long Story By Ulysses Long with Chris Warner. One fleeting moment can derail a life. A youthful mistake that netted him $6.50 ultimately bore a 130-year prison sentence. In 1968, Ulysses Long was 25. An honorably discharged Air Force veteran of three years, he was a free spirit on the streets of New Orleans, hanging out on corners, chasing girls and good times. He was young and extremely naïve. An emotional roller coaster ride, the Ulysses Long Story follows Ulysses from the bustling New Orleans riverfront docks to the perilous prison conditions of Angola State Penitentiary, and finally to Baton Rouge--the viper pit of Louisiana politics. Ulysses maintained a sense of right throughout his time among the brutal