At Canaan's Edge: American in the King Years 1965-68 by Taylor Branch
At Canaan's Edge: American in the King Years 1965-68 by Taylor Branch is a 1039-page hardcover published in 2006 by Simon & Schuster. The overall condition is very good. Book Summary 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 Brance 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. At Canaan's Edge portrays King at the height of his moral power even as his worldly power is waning. It shows why his fidelity to freedom and nonviolence makes him a defining figure long before his brilliant life and violent end. ISBN: 0-684-85712-X