At Canaan's Edge
America in the King Years, 1965-68
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At Canaan's Edge concludes America in the King Years, a three-volume history that will endure as a masterpiece of storytelling on American race, violence, and democracy. Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author Taylor Branch makes clear in this magisterial account of the civil rights movement that Martin Luther King, Jr., earned a place next to James Madison and Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American history.
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- Simon & Schuster |
- 1056 pages |
- ISBN 9780684857138 |
- January 2007
$23.99 List Price
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Praise
“ The crowning achievement of Branch's King trilogy is to show anew the moral power of [nonviolent] philosophy. ”
– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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“ The crowning achievement of Branch's King trilogy is to show anew the moral power of [nonviolent] philosophy. ”– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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“ 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
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“ A magnificent account of witness and sacrifice. ”– John Leonard, Harper's Magazine
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“ 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
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“ Luminous...magisterial...At Canaan's Edge is a sweeping history of protest and politics, bursting with outsize figures. ”– Chicago Tribune
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