Pillar of Fire - (America in the King Years) by Taylor Branch (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In the second volume of the three-part trilogy of monumental history that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Parting the Waters", Taylor Branch recreates the dramas that affected every American as the civil rights movement grew in size, impact, and intensity. of photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement. </b> <p/>In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with <i>Parting the Waters</i>, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage. <p/>Beginning with the Nation of Islam and conflict over racial separatism, <i>Pillar of Fire</i> takes the reader to Mississippi and Alabama: Birmingham, the murder of Medgar Evers, the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act, and voter registration drives. In 1964, King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. <p/>Branch's magnificent trilogy makes clear why the Civil Rights Movement, and indeed King's leadership, are among the nation's enduring achievements. In bringing these decades alive, preserving the integrity of those who marched and died, Branch gives us a crucial part of our history and heritage.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Alan Wolfe <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> As he did in <i>Parting the Waters, <i> Branch brings to these events both a passion for their detail and a recognition of their larger historical significance.<br><br>Bill Maxwell <i>St. Petersburg Times</i> <i>Pillar of Fire, </i> a history of symbiosis and epiphany, records King's vision and the disparate moral currents that forced America to redefine itslef in light of its failures to live up to its own principles of freedom.<br><br>David M. Shribman <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> One part biography, one part history, one part elegy...a vast panorama...powerful.<br><br>James Goodman <i>The Boston Globe</i> This is jet-propelled history.<br><br>Jeff Shesol <i>The Washington Post</i> Politics and personalities, ambition and imagination, triumph and tragedy.<br><br>Jon Meacham <i>Newsweek</i> <i>Pillar of Fire</i> is a magisterial history of one of the most tumultuous periods in postwar America. Branch's storytelling is strong, his storytelling colorful. Reading Branch, it is easier to see why even the most remarkable revolutions are never complete.<br><br>Ray Jenkins <i>The Baltimore Sun</i> Branch has an uncanny ability to penetrate the most obscure nooks and crannies of the past to provide a whole new perpective on the Sixties...<br><br>Richard Bernstein <i>The New York Times</i> By the time you have finished [<i>Pillar of Fire</i>], you feel almost as if you have relieved the era, not just read about it.<br><br>Scott Ellsworth <i>The Oregonian</i> Magnificent...the birth of a masterwork akin to Carl Sandburg's <i>Lincoln</i> or Shelby Foote's <i>Civil War.</i><br><br>Trevor Coleman <i>Detroit Free Press</i> The strength of <i>Pillar of Fire</i> lies in Branch's unsurpassed ability to bring the reader into the moment, enabling one to almost feel the tension of the times.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Taylor Branch is the bestselling author of <i>Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63</i>; <i>Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years, 1963-65</i>; <i>At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968</i>; and <i>The Clinton Tapes</i>. He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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