Magnificent in scope, drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material, this nonfiction thriller illuminates one of the darkest hours in American lifean example of how history is so often a matter of the petty bringing down the great. This massive body of evidence is the raw ingredients that Sides uses to fire-up a tight and fascinating thriller. Against the backdrop of the resulting nationwide riots and the pathos of Kings funeral, Sides gives us a riveting cross-cut narrative of the assassins flight and the sixty-five-day search that led investigators to Canada, Portugal, and Englanda massive manhunt ironically led by Hoovers FBI. Hellhound on His Trail / Hampton Sides Sides does it again, his book reads like a CSI mystery In choosing the assignation of Martin Luther King, Sides had an incredible amount of historical documentation at his disposal. With relentless storytelling drive, Sides follows Galt and King as they crisscross the country, one stalking the other, until the crushing moment at the Lorraine Motel when the drifter catches up with his prey.

Humiliated, King fatefully vowed to return to Memphis in April. Hoping to resuscitate his faltering crusade, King joined the sanitation workers cause, but their march down Beale Street, the historic avenue of the blues, turned violent. and the International Hunt for His Assassin (9781846143649) by Sides, Hampton and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. On February 1, 1968, two Memphis garbage men were crushed to death in their hydraulic truck, provoking the exclusively African American workforce to go on strike. : Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin (2010), a nonfiction book by Hampton Sides. Fashioning himself Eric Galt, this nondescript thief and con manwhose real name was James Earl Raydrifted through the South, into Mexico, and then Los Angeles, where he was galvanized by George Wallaces racist presidential campaign. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox.

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