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- 2012371872 abstract "April, 1967: a prison escape. James Earl Ray, nondescript thief and con man, drifts through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he is galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. February, 1968: a Memphis garbage strike. Martin Luther King joins the sanitation workers' cause, but their march turns violent. King vows to return to Memphis in April. Historian Sides follows Ray and King as they crisscross the country, one stalking the other, until the drifter catches up with his prey. Against the backdrop of the resulting nationwide riots and the pathos of King's funeral, Sides gives us a cross-cut narrative of the assassin's flight and the 65-day search that led investigators to Canada, Portugal, and England--a massive manhunt ironically led by Hoover's FBI. Drawing on previously unpublished material, this nonfiction thriller illuminates how history is so often a matter of the petty bringing down the great--From publisher description.".
- 2012371872 contributor B12543757.
- 2012371872 created "2011.".
- 2012371872 date "2011".
- 2012371872 date "2011.".
- 2012371872 dateCopyrighted "2011.".
- 2012371872 description "April, 1967: a prison escape. James Earl Ray, nondescript thief and con man, drifts through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he is galvanized by George Wallace's racist presidential campaign. February, 1968: a Memphis garbage strike. Martin Luther King joins the sanitation workers' cause, but their march turns violent. King vows to return to Memphis in April. Historian Sides follows Ray and King as they crisscross the country, one stalking the other, until the drifter catches up with his prey. Against the backdrop of the resulting nationwide riots and the pathos of King's funeral, Sides gives us a cross-cut narrative of the assassin's flight and the 65-day search that led investigators to Canada, Portugal, and England--a massive manhunt ironically led by Hoover's FBI. Drawing on previously unpublished material, this nonfiction thriller illuminates how history is so often a matter of the petty bringing down the great--From publisher description.".
- 2012371872 description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- 2012371872 description "Prologue : #416-J -- In the City of Kings -- Who is Eric Galt? -- The hottest man in the country -- Epilogue : #65477.".
- 2012371872 extent "xiv, 463 p. :".
- 2012371872 identifier "9780307387431 (pbk.)".
- 2012371872 issued "2011".
- 2012371872 issued "2011.".
- 2012371872 language "eng".
- 2012371872 publisher "New York : Anchor Books,".
- 2012371872 subject "323.092 23".
- 2012371872 subject "E185.97.K5 S534 2011".
- 2012371872 subject "King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Assassination.".
- 2012371872 subject "Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998.".
- 2012371872 tableOfContents "Prologue : #416-J -- In the City of Kings -- Who is Eric Galt? -- The hottest man in the country -- Epilogue : #65477.".
- 2012371872 title "Hellhound on his trail : the electrifying account of the largest manhunt in American history / Hampton Sides.".
- 2012371872 type "text".