Oct 20, 2012
The narrative non-fiction book, Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Hampton Sides, tracks the parallel movements of MLK, Jr. and his stalker, James Earl Ray until their fatal intersection ending with MLK, Jr’s assassination. Sides’ book describes MLK’s life as he struggles to remake the country through his nonviolent Civil Rights movement. Within the same time frame, Sides follows the life of a reclusive loner, known throughout the book by his alias, Eric Galt, as he stalks MLK and plots his assassination. Galt’s misdirected life stands out as a sharp contrast to