{"product_id":"parting-the-waters-america-in-the-king-years-1954-63-9780671687427","title":"Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Branch, Taylor","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eParting the Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a \"compelling...masterfully told\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) account of Martin Luther King's early years and rise to greatness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American Civil Rights Movement, \u003ci\u003eParting the Waters\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to endure for generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from the fiery political baptism of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the corridors of Camelot where the Kennedy brothers weighed demands for justice against the deceptions of J. Edgar Hoover, here is a vivid tapestry of America, torn and finally transformed by a revolutionary struggle unequaled since the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaylor Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of King's rise to greatness and illuminates the stunning courage and private conflict, the deals, maneuvers, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history behind closed doors, at boycotts and sit-ins, on bloody freedom rides, and through siege and murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpic in scope and impact, Branch's chronicle definitively captures one of the nation's most crucial passages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Branch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.14w x 2.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671687427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2008 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2014 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaylor Branch is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eParting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAt Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Clinton Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655752351897,"sku":"9780671687427","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_107b43d0-7314-4223-b20f-39a8d7ce7f3d.jpg?v=1724689393","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/parting-the-waters-america-in-the-king-years-1954-63-9780671687427","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}