Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 Paperback - 1989
by Branch, Taylor
- Used
Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, rise to greatness and illuminates the courage, the deals, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times. (Simon & Schuster)
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- Title Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63
- Author Branch, Taylor
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 1088
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
- Date 1989-11-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 719941-6
- ISBN 9780671687427 / 0671687425
- Weight 3.04 lbs (1.38 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.14 x 2.07 in (23.42 x 15.60 x 5.26 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations - History -, Civil rights movements - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97130525
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.049
Summary
Moving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War.
Taylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder.
Epic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages.
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Citations
- Black Issues Book Review, 05/01/2004, Page 22
- Christian Century, 04/30/2014, Page 35
- Christianity Today, 02/01/2008, Page 81
- Entertainment Weekly, 06/27/2008, Page 102
