Chasing King's killer / Swanson, James L

James L. Swanson weaves together Martin Luther King Jr.'s tumultuous last year and the path taken by a mysterious, lifelong criminal---James Earl Ray---a prison escapee who ended the celebrated civil rights leader's life.

"James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath."--Provided by publisher.