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The Last Dance for Grace: The Crystal Mangum Story Hardcover – October 1, 2008

by Crystal Magnum (Author), Myra M. Shird (Foreword), Vincent Edward Clark (Contributor)

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We will never have the answer to many of the questions raised by what has become known as the Duke Lacrosse case. What we do know is that lives were changed one night in March 2006 during a chance encounter that should never have taken place. The one person whose life has changed the most is the one that few really know. Crystal Gail Mangum was a single mother struggling to make a living for herself and her children while pursuing a college education. Believing that her options were limited, Crystal made a decision that she now admits was the biggest mistake of her life, which up to that point had already been punctuated by big and small mistakes that landed her in a desperate situation. Becoming an exotic dancer seemed to be the answer to all of Crystal’s problems. The money was fast and the lifestyle appeared glamorous. She learned that there was money to be made, but it came with risks. As for the glamour, that was all an illusion, too. But Crystal is not unique. Even if we do not know Crystal Mangum, we can agree with her realization that dancing is not the easy path to a better life. Her short stint as a dancer convinced her to work to encourage women to think about other career choices .Crystal has been through sexual, physical, and emotional abuse that left her with deep psychological scars. The Last Dance for Grace is Crystal’s attempt to set the record straight about her life and the circumstances around one of the most controversial cases in American history. 252 page hardback with dust jacket.

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fire! Films and Books
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October 1, 2008
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5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
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0981783708
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978-0981783703
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ fire! Films and Books (October 1, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0981783708
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0981783703
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches

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Kim D. Brummell

2 SIDES TO EVERY STORY

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2008

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Crystal Mangum has a right to have her story heard just like any other American in the United States. Ask yourself, what kind of criminal case drags on for over a year and the only person punished is the DA if there were no truth to the matter? Their were judges, lawyers making insulting statements towards the allege victim, grand jury indictment, forensics and police investigators. This case from the beginning involved racism, sexism and bias to the fullest. We can't forget a politician decided to drop the case without a jury of our peers making that decision. No evidence, no burden of proof? But you had hearing after hearing. Something will never be right about this picture. Watch the video of Crystal Mangum on the link below. She doesn't look or sound like none of the names she was called during the investigation. I guess that was ok with the NC State Bar before a trial.

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The Last Dance for Grace

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2010

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Well written. I could not put the book down. A very honest but also a very sad life story.

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JustAnotherSatisfiedCustomer

tis the truth...

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2014

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i rated the book 5 stars. why? because i felt like it. thanx for asking and have a lovely afternoon.

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Mark H. Orgel

Deserves zero stars

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2011

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If you are curious about this book, my advice would be don't buy it. I can sum up the whole story in 4 words..."It's not my fault".

Mangum, who infamously fabricated a story of being raped by 3 Duke lacrosse players at a party that she was hired to "perform" at, tells her side of the story in this book, still insisting that she was assaulted at the party, even though her story has been so thoroughly discredited by unassailable evidence that the North Carolina Attorney General not only dropped the charges against the accused players, but totally exonerated them.

The rest of the book is a recounting of her life prior to the Duke hoax. Mangum makes horrible decision after horrible decision, but never takes responsibility for her own actions, nor does she seem capable of learning from her mistakes. N. C. Attorney General Ray Cooper tried to do her a favor by not prosecuting her for her numerous false reports to police and prosecutors, stating that her history of mental illness may have compromised her ability to tell the truth from the fiction that she created, instead urging her to get help. Subsequent convictions for child abuse and vandalism, and now imprisonment while awaiting trial for the stabbing death of her boyfriend show that, again, this woman is incapable of learning from her mistakes.

I cannot recommend this book for anyone.

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Billal

Very compelling

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2022

I believe what she says in the book, the system is corrupt

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ANNIE

It looks like a good read

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2018

Looking forward to reading this book. I'm impressed by the 4 star comments. It looks like a good read!

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F. Orion Pozo

Crystal Mangum's story in her own words

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2010

Crystal Mangum was a student at NC Central who in 2006 worked as an exotic dancer. In March of that year she went to a house to dance for a bachelor party being held for Duke University students. She claims she was raped by three people while there. The District Attorney had to withdraw from the case & was disbarred. The Attorney General took over and dropped all charges. She never had a day in court.

Working with Vincent Clark, a documentary film maker, this book is the story she would like the world to know about her. While there are two chapters about the events of March 2006 and one about the legal struggle that followed, the heart of the book is a six chapter biography and a final chapter on how she is putting this event behind her.

Her story is wrapped in three chapters by Vincent Clark who describes the Crystal he met in working on this project. A Foreword by Myra Shird, an NC A&T professor, looks at the broader implications and compares Crystal to Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter.

If you are wanting to know what really happened that night in March 2006, this is not the book that will help you. If you want to know more about "the accuser" Crystal Mangum from her point of view, not that of the press or the Blogosphere, this is her story.

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Moe

People always rear their ugly heads

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2012

I bet most reviewers didn't even read this book. Yet their writing their opinions because they have certain bias. I wonder would people be this mad if the two parties involved were of the same race, I doubt it.

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