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Author Swanson, James L., 1959- author.

Title Chasing King's killer : the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin / by James L. Swanson ; foreword by Congressman John Lewis.

Publisher New York : Scholastic Press, c2018.

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Superior adult nonfiction  364.15 Sw24c    AVAILABLE
Edition First edition.
Descript 373 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
age Children lcdgt
Note Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.6 7 193762.
Nonfiction.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-349) and index.
Contents Introduction to Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement -- A collision course -- The assassination -- Manhunt!.
Summary "James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renowned civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher.
Audience 1010L Lexile
Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination -- Juvenile literature.
Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998 -- Juvenile literature.
Assassins -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Fugitives from justice -- Juvenile literature.
Assassins -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Genre Biographies.
Added Title Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassin.
ISBN/ISSN 0545723337
9780545723336 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)