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Language English Pages 459 Originally published 27 April 2010 Page count 459 Publisher Doubleday | 4.2/5 Goodreads Publication date 2010 ISBN 978-0385523929 Genre True crime Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hellhound On His Trail (Doubleday), 2010, is a non-fiction book written by author Hampton Sides, focusing on the characters and events surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.. Using multiple narratives, Hellhound is an attempt at exploring the psychology and emotion that dominated and divided the United States during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Hellhound on his trail by hampton sides
Synopsis
The work examines the assassination of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, the manhunt for his killer, and the nation's reaction. Sides looks into the background of James Earl Ray, King's murderer, including his usage of several aliases, including "Eric Starvo Galt". He questions Ray's ability to gain this many aliases on his own and whether or not he may have had an accomplice at some point in time, which Sides believes was very likely.
Reception
Critical reception for Hellhound On His Trail has been mostly positive. The Daily Telegraph and The Washington Post both praised the work, with The Daily Telegraph calling it "an elegant tale of murder and pursuit, but might have been so much more." The New York Times and The Guardian were slightly more mixed in their reviews. Both wrote overall favorable reviews, but remarked that there were aspects that the author had further explored.