A Nation on Fire by Clay Risen
A few hours after Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at a Memphis motel, violent mobs had looted and burned several blocks of Washington a few miles north of the White House, centered around the U Street commercial district. Quick action by D.C.
..Risen provides us with a gripping account of the riots...This is a solid and considerate account of a particular week (Oxford Times, August 6th 2009)
Clay Risen, formerly an editor at the New Republic, is the founding managing editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. He's also written for Smithsonian, Slate, the Atlantic, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780470177105 |
| ISBN 10 | 0470177101 |
| Title | A Nation on Fire |
| Author | Clay Risen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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