▁brought ▁him ▁national ▁recognition . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁" Str ength ▁and ▁Honor " ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁be ▁translated ▁into ▁the ▁Bra ille ▁language ▁for ▁the ▁blind ▁by ▁the ▁Library ▁of ▁Congress . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers ies ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁after ▁being ▁commission ed ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁document ary ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁Carolina ▁State ▁Port s ▁Author ity , ▁that ▁ag ency ▁ins isted ▁that ▁all ▁references ▁to ▁the ▁port ' s ▁early ▁use ▁for ▁the ▁slave ▁trade ▁be ▁cens ored , ▁and ▁that ▁local ▁opposition ▁to ▁its ▁expansion ▁be ▁deleted . ▁ ▁C ô té ▁demanded ▁that ▁his ▁name ▁be ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁book . ▁" Ag ree ing ▁to ▁undert ake ▁a ▁scholar ly ▁writing ▁project ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁agree ing ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁literary ▁wh ore ," ▁he ▁said . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁C ô té ▁was ▁h ired ▁by ▁National ▁Press ▁Books ▁through ▁his ▁agent , ▁Robert ▁Er inger , ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁literary ▁collabor ator ▁with ▁Edward ▁Lee ▁Howard , ▁a ▁former ▁C IA ▁sp y ▁who ▁defect ed ▁to ▁Russia ▁after ▁being ▁accused ▁of ▁providing ▁class ified ▁information ▁to ▁the ▁Rus si ans . ▁After ▁int ensive ▁research ▁and ▁ten ▁days ' ▁inter views ▁with ▁Howard ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁C ô té ▁returned ▁and ▁wrote ▁Sa fe ▁House , ▁an ▁author itative ▁account ▁of ▁Howard ' s ▁claim ▁to ▁innoc ence . ▁Un be known st ▁to ▁C