At Canaan's Edge
America in the King Years, 1965-68
$83.34
- Paperback
1056 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2007
Summary
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 is the final volume in Taylor Branch’s magnificent history of America in the years of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War, recognized universally as the definitive account and ultimate recognition of Martin Luther King’s heroic place in the nation’s history.
The final volume of Taylor Branch’s monumental, much honored, and definitive history of the Civil Rights Movement (America in the King Years),
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684857138 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0684857138 |
| Author: | Taylor Branch |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1056 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2007 |
| Weight: | 1.53kg |
| Dimensions: | 53mm x 156mm x 235mm |
| Series: | America in the King Years (Paperback) |
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Critics Review
“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
Taylor Branch
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.
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