{"product_id":"king-jonathan-eig-9780374279295","title":"King: A Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed one of the ten best books of 2023 by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and notable book of 2023 One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's essential reads of 2023 A \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003ebest book of the year One of \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e's twelve best books of 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand National Indie Bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's best nonfiction books of 2023 One of \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's ten best books of 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable . . . Eig's book is worthy of its subject.\" --Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eKing \u003c\/i\u003eis] infused with the narrative energy of a thriller . . . The most compelling account of King's life in a generation.\" --Mark Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No book could be more timely than Jonathan Eig's sweeping and majestic new \u003ci\u003eKing . . .\u003c\/i\u003e Eig has created 2023′s most vital tome.\" --Will Bunch, \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the new definitive biography,\" \u003ci\u003eKing\u003c\/i\u003e mixes revelatory new research with accessible storytelling to offer an MLK for our times. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig's \u003ci\u003eKing: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.--and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself. He casts fresh light on the King family's origins as well as MLK's complex relationships with his wife, father, and fellow activists. \u003ci\u003eKing \u003c\/i\u003ereveals a minister wrestling with his own human frailties and dark moods, a citizen hunted by his own government, and a man determined to fight for justice even if it proved to be a fight to the death. As he follows MLK from the classroom to the pulpit to the streets of Birmingham, Selma, and Memphis, Eig dramatically re-creates the journey of a man who recast American race relations and became our only modern-day founding father--as well as the nation's most mourned martyr. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this landmark biography, Eig gives us an MLK for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history's greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 8 pages of black-and-white photographs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Eig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374279292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374279295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.51h x 6.39w x 2.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2023","brand":"Jonathan Eig","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43961050824959,"sku":"9780374279295","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b158b35-d52e-4bd4-8acc-19cdfa06a287.jpg?v=1682362002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/king-jonathan-eig-9780374279295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}