A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick
“Kennedy and King is an unqualified masterpiece of historical narrative . . . A landmark achievement.” — Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Rosa Parks
Kennedy and King traces the emergence of two of the twentieth century’s greatest leaders, their powerful impact on each other and on the shape of the civil rights battle between 1960 and 1963. These two men from starkly different worlds profoundly influenced each other’s personal development. Kennedy’s hesitation on civil rights spurred King to greater acts of courage, and King inspired Kennedy to finally make a moral commitment to equality. As America still grapples with the legacy of slavery and the persistence of discrimination, Kennedy and King is a vital, vivid contribution to the literature of the Civil Rights Movement.
“Unravels a complex and tangled mystery while seamlessly telling the heart wrenching story of a family trying to cope with every parent’s worst nightmare.”*
“Every American needs to know Etan’s story.” —John Walsh
With a New Chapter
In After Etan, author Lisa R. Cohen draws on hundreds of interviews and nearly twenty years of research—including access to the personal files of the Patz family—to reveal, for the first time, the entire dramatic tale of Etan’s disappearance.
On the morning of May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz left his apartment to go to his school bus stop. But he never made it to school that day. He vanished somewhere between his home and the bus stop, and was never seen again.
The search for Etan quickly consumed his family’s downtown Manhattan neighborhood. “Missing” posters with Etan’s smiling face blanketed the city, followed by media coverage that turned Etan’s disappearance into a national story—one that would change our cultural landscape forever.
Thirty years later, in Etan’s honor, May 25 is recognized as National Missing Children’s Day. But despite the overwhelming publicity his case received, the public knows only a fraction of what happened. That’s because the story of Etan Patz is more than a heartbreaking mystery.
It is also the story of the men, women, and children who were touched by his life in the months and years after he vanished. It’s the story of the agonies and triumphs of the Patz family, and of all the heroic investigators who, to this day, continue to seek justice for Etan.
*Award-winning journalist John Miller
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