An American Death: The True Story of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Greatest Manhunt of Our Time
by Gerold Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1972 Doubleday and Company, Garden City, NY. 1972. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to board bottom edges and textblock bottom; light dust soiling to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); small closed tears to front panel bottom; edge bumping overall; light rubbing to panels. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering in a blue shadowbox on the spine. Green endpapers. 467 pp 8vo. The author spent three years researching the assassination of Dr. King, interviewed in depth every person who had anything to do with the case, gone through intelligence and police reports, diaries, and letters, and has recreated the events, the deed, and the manhunt. The documentation of this event places the reader behind the scenes so that he is not only a witness but a participant in the story. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015601
- Title
- An American Death: The True Story of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Greatest Manhunt of Our Time
- Author
- Gerold Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King assassination, James Earl Ray, Lorraine Motel, Memphis Tennessee, racism, anti-negro, Memphis Police, FBI, Manhunt, assassins, murders, religion, Southern Baptist, Selma Alabama, ACLU, SCLC, Southern Christian Le
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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