In 1967, James Earl Ray is known as Prisoner #416J at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary. This gives a narrative quality to the historical events discussed in the book. In Hellhound on His Trail, Sides uses dueling storylines to paint a picture of the weeks before and after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination and the subsequent manhunt for his killer, James Earl Ray. Sides is a bestselling author of narrative history books, and he has twice been nominated for the National Magazine Awards for feature writing. Reception of the book has been mainly positive, and a film adaptation is currently in development. by James Earl Ray, including his theory that Ray had an accomplice. and the International Hunt for His Assassin (2010), a nonfiction book by Hampton Sides, describes the events surrounding the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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