An American Death

The True Story of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Greatest Manhunt of Our Time

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  • New
  • York
  • Times–Bestselling
  • Author:
  • “Frank’s
  • reconstruction
  • of
  • Dr.
  • [Martin
  • Luther]
  • King’s
  • murder
  • and
  • its
  • aftermath
  • is
  • remarkably
  • convincing.”
  • —The
  • New
  • York
  • TimesWritten
  • by
  • two-time
  • Edgar
  • Award
  • winner
  • Gerold
  • Frank,
  • An
  • American
  • Death
  • examines
  • the
  • infamous
  • 1968
  • assassination
  • of
  • the
  • legendary
  • civil
  • rights
  • leader
  • in
  • Memphis,
  • Tennessee,
  • in
  • vivid,
  • extensive
  • detail.
  • Frank
  • casts
  • a
  • light
  • on
  • historical
  • truth
  • and
  • builds
  • a
  • coherent
  • narrative
  • of
  • events
  • amid
  • the
  • chaos
  • and
  • conspiracy
  • theories
  • that
  • surround
  • Dr.
  • King’s
  • murder.
  • The
  • author
  • recounts
  • the
  • details
  • of
  • April
  • 4,
  • and
  • delves
  • into
  • the
  • shocking
  • events
  • leading
  • up
  • to
  • the
  • fateful
  • day,
  • including
  • James
  • Earl
  • Ray’s
  • background
  • and
  • escape
  • from
  • prison,
  • and
  • the
  • manhunt
  • and
  • quest
  • for
  • justice
  • that
  • followed
  • the
  • killing,
  • in
  • this
  • riveting
  • account
  • of
  • a
  • crime
  • that
  • shook
  • a
  • nation.“Provide[s]
  • insight
  • into
  • James
  • Earl
  • Ray
  • and
  • the
  • rather
  • squalid
  • world
  • from
  • which
  • he
  • emerged
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • persuasively
  • argued.”
  • —Worldview“Frank’s
  • picture
  • of
  • Ray
  • .
  • .
  • .
  • is
  • remarkable.”
  • —TimeIncludes photographs
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