Chasing King's killer the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin
"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the a...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Audience: | Grades 9-12. Age 12 and up. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780545723336 0545723337 9781338277388 1338277383 |
| Author Notes: | In 2006, Entertainment Weekly magazine named Manhunt one of the ten best books of the year. Swanson has degrees in history from The University of Chicago, where he was a student of John Hope Franklin, and law from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has held a number of government and think-tank posts in Washington, D.C., including at the United States Department of Justice. He serves on the advisory council of the Ford's Theatre Society. His other books include the acclaimed photographic history Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trial and Execution, as well as Chasing Lincoln's Killer, and adaptations of Manhunt and Bloody Crimes for young readers. In 2014 his title, The President Has Been Shot!: The Assasination of Joh F. Kennedy, made The New York Times Best Seller List. James L. Swanson was born on Lincoln's birthday. (Publisher Provided) |
