At Canaan’s Edge
“The crowning achievement of Branch’s King trilogy is to show anew the moral power of [nonviolent] philosophy.”
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A thrilling book, marvelous in both its breadth and its detail. There is drama in every paragraph.”
- Anthony Lewis, The New York Times Book Review
“This is so far the best look at [the Sixties]. It is an essential tool for understanding what happened to and in America across that dizzying span of years.”
- Garry Wills, The New York Review of Books
Pillar of Fire
“By the time you have finished [Pillar of Fire], you feel almost as if you have relieved the era, not just read about it.”
– Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
“This is jet-propelled history.”
– James Goodman, The Boston Globe
Parting the Waters
“Right out of the pages of our lives….Compelling portraits, placed in the excitement of a period when oppressed and powerless people moving together changed themselves and their country profoundly and permanently.”
- Eleanor Holmes Norton, The New York Times Book Review
“A compelling story, masterfully told.”
– Richard John Neuhaus, The Wall Street Journal
