Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. - Couverture souple

Posner, Gerald

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ISBN 10 : 0156006510 ISBN 13 : 9780156006514

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1999

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the three decades since April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot to death in Memphis, scores of books and articles have questioned whether James Earl Ray, King's killer, acted alone or was part of a larger conspiracy. Now, based on explosive new interviews, confidential files, and previously undisclosed evidence, bestselling author Gerald Posner finally resolves the simple truth of the last great political murder mystery of the 1960s, definitively proving that Ray acted alone. Beginning with a straightforward narrative of the events before, during, and after the shooting, Posner untangles the case's leading puzzles: Was there a mysterious person named Raoul who directed Ray in the year leading up to the murder? Were the FBI, the CIA, or an arm of the Mafia involved? Did the military have a covert team of snipers in Memphis on the day King died? Was James Earl Ray a patsy, as the King family has publicly declared? At the heart of this book is an in-depth profile of Ray himself, a fascinating profile of a career criminal from one of the most forsaken parts of poor white America. Posner re-creates the memorable dramas of the case: Dr. King's rousing "mountaintop" speech the night before his death; the chilling moments of the assassination; Ray's frantic flight across four countries as he tried to escape justice; and the shock of the King family's embrace of Ray just before his own death in jail. A riveting search for justice, Killing the Dream finally thwarts James Earl Ray's efforts to take his secrets to the grave, and proves the identity of King's killer beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Revue de presse :

"Killing the Dream is the most comprehensive and definitive story of the King assassination to date. In many ways Mr. Posner has done for the murder of Dr. King what he did in his best-known previous work, Case Closed, which slammed down the lid on the numerous conspiracy theories on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. . . . A fine and timely book. -The New York Times
"Writing in the clear, forceful manner of a reporter in total command of his facts, Posner has produced what will, conspiracy theorists to the contrary, almost surely turn out to be the definitive account of a landmark event." -The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Combining fresh reporting with a careful review of the investigations, and using the common sense that is a scarce commodity in this field, Posner does for the King assassination what he did for the JFK killing in his 1994 book Case Closed." -USA Today

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0156006510
• ISBN 13: 9780156006514
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464