{"id":4590,"date":"2018-03-10T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=4590"},"modified":"2018-03-09T17:24:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T01:24:04","slug":"chasing-kings-killer-the-hunt-for-martin-luther-king-jr-s-assassin-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/chasing-kings-killer-the-hunt-for-martin-luther-king-jr-s-assassin-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin — Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

review by Nina Dinan, age 14<\/p>\n

Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by\u00a0James L. Swanson<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In this dynamic, engrossing narrative, James L. Swanson recounts the life, times, and death of Martin Luther King, Jr., and leads the reader through the furious pursuit of the man who killed him. Contrasting the backgrounds and characters of King and his assassin, James Earl Ray, Swanson brings to life the renowned manhunt, while presenting a dual biography, following King and Ray as their life courses race toward their famous collision. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The book details King\u2019s childhood in Jim Crow America, describing vividly the racism and injustice that were prevalent, especially in the South. It recounts King\u2019s early experiences with racism (his best friend, a white boy, abandoned him after joining a segregated school), the anger he felt toward white people during his youth, and his first encounter with the theory of \u201cnonviolent resistance\u201d when he read Thoreau\u2019s <\/span>Civil Disobedience<\/span><\/i> in college. The book includes not only quotes from King\u2019s great speeches and relates his tireless work for human rights, but it also describes lesser known elements of his life, such as the hounding King underwent at the hands of J. Edgar Hoover\u2019s FBI and a failed attempt on his life by a deranged woman in New York City. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Chasing King\u2019s Killer<\/i><\/b> is as much Ray\u2019s story as King\u2019s, and I was riveted by the glimpses into his life. Swanson describes Ray\u2019s clever escape from prison in 1967 (he was there for an armed robbery, one of many crimes he commited) and his itinerant, secretive existence as a fugitive between this escape and the murder of King. The many names and appearances he assumed during that time aided him in eluding capture after King\u2019s murder. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The photographs, letters, and details of the investigation included in the book are woven together with the two biographies to create a true crime narrative that is hard to put down. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I highly recommend this book. 4\/5 stars. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Find this book in our catalog:\u00a0Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin<\/a><\/p>\n

Catalog Number: On Call<\/p>\n

373 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

review by Nina Dinan, age 14 Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Assassin\u00a0by\u00a0James L. Swanson \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In this dynamic, engrossing narrative, James L. Swanson recounts the life, times, and death of Martin Luther King, Jr., and leads the reader through the furious pursuit of the man who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":4591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2018\/03\/Chasing-Kings-Killer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1c2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4276,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2017\/10-ya-books-about-race\/","url_meta":{"origin":4590,"position":0},"title":"10 YA Books About Race","author":"Jane Gov","date":"December 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"10 YA Books About Race by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 12\/11, 2017 \u00a0 This month, our book club discussed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. 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