He Slew the Dreamer: My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King

Author:   William Bradford Huie ,  Wayne Greenhaw ,  Riché Richardson ,  Hew Slew the Dreamer Wayne Greenhaw
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
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9781496820624


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 November 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author William Bradford Huie was one of the most celebrated figures of twentieth-century journalism. A pioneer of """"checkbook journalism,"""" he sought the truth in controversial stories when the truth was hard to come by. In the case of James Earl Ray, Huie paid Ray and his original attorneys $40,000 for cooperation in explaining his movements in the months before Martin Luther King's assassination and up to Ray's arrest weeks later in London. Huie became a major figure in the investigation of King's assassination and was one of the few persons able to communicate with Ray during that time. Huie, a friend of King, writes that he went into his investigation of Ray believing that a conspiracy was behind King's murder. But after retracing Ray's movements through California, Louisiana, Mexico, Canada, Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, and London, Huie came to believe that James Earl Ray was a pathetic petty criminal who hated African Americans and sought to make a name for himself by murdering King. He Slew the Dreamer was originally published in 1970 soon after Ray went to prison and was republished in 1977, but was out of print until the 1997 edition, published with the cooperation of Huie's widow. This new edition features an essay by scholar Riché Richardson that provides fresh insight, and it includes the 1977 prologue, which Huie wrote countering charges by members of Congress, the King family, and others who claimed the FBI had aided and abetted Ray. In 1970, 1977, 1997, and now, He Slew the Dreamer offers a remarkably detailed examination of the available evidence at the time the murder occurred and an invaluable resource to current debates over the King assassination.

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Author:   William Bradford Huie ,  Wayne Greenhaw ,  Riché Richardson ,  Hew Slew the Dreamer Wayne Greenhaw
Publisher:   University Press of Mississippi
Imprint:   University Press of Mississippi
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781496820624


ISBN 10:   1496820622
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 November 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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The story that [Huie] tells in this book is important to revisit a half century after the assassination not only because so many questions still remain, but also because of lessons that we can draw from it to ponder some of the most important stories of our time, including several national tragedies.--from the new foreword by Riche Richardson


The story that [Huie] tells in this book is important to revisit a half century after the assassination not only because so many questions still remain, but also because of lessons that we can draw from it to ponder some of the most important stories of our time, including several national tragedies.--from the new foreword by Rich� Richardson


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William Bradford Huie (1910-1986), a journalist, investigative reporter, editor, television host, and novelist, wrote hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles as well as over twenty books, including The Americanization of Emily, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, Mud on the Stars (all made into films), and Wolf Whistle, the story of the Emmett Till lynching. He is author of Three Lives for Mississippi, published by University Press of Mississippi.

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