At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68
Description
Description
'At Canaan's Edge' chronicles dramatic campaigns in Mississippi and Alabama, King's tormented alliance with Lyndon Johnson, his painful break with Stokey Carmichael over black power, and persecution by Hoover's FBI. This book brings the decades of the Civil Rights struggle alive and preserves the integrity of those who marched and died.
About the Author
About the Author
Taylor Branch is the bestselling author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63; Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65; At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968; and The Clinton Tapes. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"The crowning achievement of Branch's King trilogy is to show anew the moral power of [nonviolent] philosophy." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"This is so far the best look at [the Sixties]. It is an essential tool for understanding what happened to and in America across that dizzying span of years." -- Garry Wills, The New York Review of Books
"A magnificent account of witness and sacrifice." -- John Leonard, Harper's Magazine
"A thrilling book, marvelous in both its breadth and its detail. There is drama in every paragraph." -- Anthony Lewis, The New York Times Book Review
"Luminous...magisterial...At Canaan's Edge is a sweeping history of protest and politics, bursting with outsize figures." -- Chicago Tribune
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Pub date:
2007-01-01
Length:
1056 pages
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