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Title: At Canaan's Edge
Subtitle: America in the King Years 1965-68
Author: Taylor Branch
Narrator: Joe Morton
Format: Abridged
Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-25-06
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 68 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Political Figures
Publisher's Summary:
In At Canaan's Edge, King and his movement stand at the zenith of America's defining story, one decade into an epic struggle for the promises of democracy. Branch opens with the authorities' violent suppression of a voting-rights march in Alabama on March 7, 1965. The quest to cross Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge engages the conscience of the world, strains the civil rights coalition, and embroils King in negotiations with all three branches of the U.S. government.
The marches from Selma coincide with the first landing of large U.S. combat units in South Vietnam. The escalation of the war severs the cooperation of King and President Lyndon Johnson after a collaboration that culminated in the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act.
At Canaan's Edge portrays King at the height of his moral power even as his worldly power is waning. It shows why his fidelity to freedom and nonviolence makes him a defining figure long beyond his brilliant life and violent end.
Critic Reviews:
"It is a thrilling book, marvelous in both its breadth and its detail. There is drama in every paragraph." (The New York Times Book Review)
"This magisterial book is a fitting tribute to a magisterial man." (Publishers Weekly)
