Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. covers the entire life of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) 1987 1st Winner
Author(s): David Garrow
800 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Political
Series Name: Perennial Classics
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. covers the entire life of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews, access to King's personal papers, and thousands of FBI documents, Bearing the Cross traces King's metamorphosis from a young, earnest pastor into the foremost spokesperson of the black freedom struggle. At the book's heart is King's growing awareness of the symbolic meaning of the cross as he gradually accepts a life that will demand the ultimate in self-sacrifice. This is a towering portrait of a man at the epicenter of one of the most dramatic periods in our history.
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Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, this is the most comprehensive book ever written about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on more than seven hundred interviews with all of King's surviving associates, as well as with those who opposed him, and enhanced by the author's access to King's personal papers and tens of thousands of pages of FBI documents, this is a towering portrait of a man's metamorphosis into a legend.
Review Quotes
"A foundation document...meticulous investigative schoalrship." - New York Times Book Review
"The writing is admirably clear, and the research nothing short of monumental." - Washington Post
"Spendidly detailed." - The New Yorker
Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 2.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 800
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Political
Series Title: Perennial Classics
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: David Garrow
Language: English
Street Date: January 6, 2004
TCIN: 54267936
UPC: 9780060566920
Item Number (DPCI): 248-43-2468
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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