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Also by Taylor Branch:

The King Years, January 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Clinton Tapes, September 2009
Hardcover
At Canaan's Edge, April 2008
Hardcover
At Canaan's Edge, January 2006
Hardcover
Pillar of Fire, January 1999
Trade Size (reprint)
Parting the Waters, November 1989
Trade Size (reprint)

AT CANAAN'S EDGE
By: Taylor Branch

America in the King Years, 1965-68 (America in the King Years)

Simon & Schuster
April 2008
On Sale: April 5, 2008
1056 pages
ISBN: 0684857138
EAN: 9780684857138
Hardcover
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Historical

Branch’s trilogy, America in the King Years, conceived nearly a quarter-century ago, runs to more than 2,300 pages. The author brings his subject to a close with an ambitious, meticulously researched, sprawling tome that follows his Pulitzer Prize–winning Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–1963 (1989) and the well- received Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963– 1965 (1998). Reviewers draw comparisons between Branch’s effort and Carl Sandburg’s celebrated six-volume study of Abraham Lincoln from the first half of the twentieth century. At Canaan’s Edge suffers on occasion from its desire to be a comprehensive look at King and his times (one reviewer remarks that Branch too readily rehashes old information). Nonetheless, it is a passionate, detailed, and important examination of a larger-than-life figure.

Media Buzz

Fresh Air - NPR - April 4, 2008