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Names: Swanson, James L., 1959- author.
Title: Chasing King’s killer : the hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassin / by James L. Swanson.
Description: First edition. | New York : Scholastic Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Grades 9-12. | Audience: Age 12 and up.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017008562 | ISBN 9780545723336 (hardcover : alk.paper)
Subjects: LCSH: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968—Assassination—Juvenile literature. | Ray, James Earl, 1928-1998—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC E185.97.K5 S95 2018 | DDC 323.092 [B]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017008562
Excerpt from: “I Have a Dream” speech. Copyright © 1963 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and renewed 1991 by Coretta Scott King.
Excerpt from: “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. Copyright © 1968 by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and renewed 1996 by Coretta Scott King.
Excerpt from: “Abraham, Martin and John.” Words: Richard Holler. Copyright © 1968 Regent Music Corporation (BMI) Used by permission—International Copyright Secured-All Rights Reserved.
Maps and diagrams: Illustrations by Steve Stankiewicz on pages 143, 152-153 and Illustrations by Jim McMahon on pages 103, 133, 234 © Scholastic Inc.
First edition, January 2018
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