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Author: Hampton Sides |
Year: 2010
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER*¿ On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators launched a sixty-five day search for King's assassin that would lead them across two continents-from the*author of*Blood and Thunder*and*Ghost Soldiers.
With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a wealth of dramatic unpublished documents, Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers,*delivers a non-fiction thriller in the tradition of William Manchester's The Death of a President and Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.*With*Hellhound On His Trail,*Sides*shines a light on the largest manhunt in American history and brings it to life for all to see.
With a New Afterword
Category:History, Social Sciences, Awards, Current Affairs & Politics, Biography, African Americans, United States History, True Crime, Civil & Human Rights, Legal Figures, Law Enforcers, & Criminals, World History, 20th Century United States History - 1945 to 2000, African American History, Social & Cultural History, 20th Century American History - Civil Rights, Assassinations & Conspiracies, Civil Rights - African American History, Civil Rights - Movements & Figures, Criminals - General & Miscellaneous - Biography, Prisoners & Accused Persons - Biography, Social History - General & Miscellaneous, U.S. Politics & Government - 1963-1969, Christian Science Monitor's Best Nonfiction of 2010, Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2010, The Oprah Magazine's Best Books of 2010, Time Magazine's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2010, Washington Post Best Nonfiction of 2010
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