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Hellhound On His Trail

The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

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Hellhound On His Trail

By: Hampton Sides
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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With a blistering, cross-cutting narrative that draws on a wealth of dramatic unpublished documents, Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers, delivers a non-fiction thriller in the tradition of William Manchester's The Death of a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
African American Studies Americas Biographies & Memoirs Black & African American Crime Murder Social Sciences Specific Demographics United States Assassin Social justice Martin Luther King Latin America Scary
Meticulous Research • Thrilling Narrative • Historical Depth • Comprehensive Details • Educational Insights

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True crime just doesn't get any better than this. Don't quite know what to say, other than "read the book, it speaks for itself".
The astonishing insights into the techniques and seat-of-the-pants strategy of this career criminal were so compelling I practically had to keep my iPod surgically joined to my hip!

The marginal figures grabbed my interest as well - I guess that's a sign of a really excellent read, if you are mesmerized by even the people who populate the edges of the story.

Awesome read!

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I had forgotten so much about the hunt for an MLK's killer that reading this was truly eye opening. Highly recommended with many twists and turns and interesting historical details--Like the fact that several wealthy Klan Organizations had bounties placed on MLK's head, and how J. Edgar Hoover, who hated King and had tried to get him to commit suicide, was then was placed in charge of finding his killer.

Stranger than fiction

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I love how the separate stories flow together. So many surprising facts that I'd not heard before.

Great story. Great flow.

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The research Sides put into this story is mind boggling. It is so beautifully written, and since I was only 8 when all this happened, it was so informative. Anyone who likes a good detective story or cares about the civil rights movement and MLK himself will be sitting in their car long after arriving at their destination because this story is so captivating. Thank you Hampton Sides for telling this very important piece of history.

Riviting story

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Great writing and narration by the author.
Ready to check out other Hampton Sides books very soon!

Captivating!

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