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Chasing King's killer : the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin

Author: James L Swanson
Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, [2018]
Edition/Format:  eBook : Document : Biography : Juvenile audience : English : First editionView all editions and formats
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"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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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Juvenile works
Juvenile literature
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Swanson, James L., 1959-
Chasing King's killer.
New York : Scholastic Press, [2018]
(DLC) 2017008562
(OCoLC)973733585
Named Person: Martin Luther King, Jr.; James Earl Ray; Martin Luther King, Jr.; James Earl Ray
Material Type: Biography, Document, Juvenile audience, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: James L Swanson
ISBN: 9780545723343 0545723345
OCLC Number: 1017757527
Target Audience: Grades 9-12.; Age 12 and up.
Description: 1 online resource (373 pages) : illustrations
Contents: Introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement --
A collision course --
The assassination --
Manhunt!
Other Titles: Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin
Responsibility: by James L. Swanson.

Abstract:

"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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