Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

Author: Hampton Sides
Stars: 4
Review by: patco81

Meticulously-researched account of the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, April 4, 1968, and the subsequent all-out search for his killer, James Earl Ray. It almost seems quaint that a thumbprint and botched aliases were key in the capture, considering today's sophisticated DNA, surveillance and other CSI methods. This book was also helpful in referencing certain events in the turbulent 1960's (civil rights marches, labor strikes, assassinations, cultural upheavals, e.g., Beatles, Rolling Stones, Hair) that, if one hadn't lived through these times, would be unaware that the framework of society was being challenged and redefined.