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Hellhound on His Trail; The Stalking Of Martin Luther King Jr. And the International Hunt for His Assassin
by Sides, Hampton
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1846143640
- ISBN 13
- 9781846143649
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Allen Lane, Camberwell, Victoria, 2010. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 700 g.; (13), XIV, (5), 4-459, (5) pages, A Note to Readers, acknowledgements, a note on sources, notes and bibliography. Photographic title page, showing the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, and on and the 4th page following are mug shots of James Earl Ray. Black-and-white photographic front cover, showing Martin Luther King Jr. in an open topped car, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners. "Hellhound on His Trail is the story of two very different men whose lives catastrophically interweave over the course of some nine months in the late 1960s; one was a thief and a con man called James Earl Ray, the other one the greatest American figures of the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr." -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Popular Culture; Social History; History -- America; ISBN: 9781846143649. Inventory No: 0111342. .
Synopsis
A native of Memphis, Hampton Sides is an award-winning editor of Outside and the author of the bestselling histories Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers . He lives in New Mexico with his wife, Anne, and their three sons.
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0111342
- Title
- Hellhound on His Trail; The Stalking Of Martin Luther King Jr. And the International Hunt for His Assassin
- Author
- Sides, Hampton
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Australian Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1846143640
- ISBN 13
- 9781846143649
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- Camberwell, Victoria
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Martin Luther King Jr., James Earl Ray, Assassination, Civil Rights, American History Law & Criminal Studies; Popular Culture; Social History; History -- America; Unbranded ISBN: 9781846143649 Sides, Hampton Hellhound on His Trail; The Stalkin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social History; History -- America; Popular Culture;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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