I recommended this to Traci Thomas on episode 162 of WSIRN. This true story reads like a thriller; it begins and ends with a prison escape. What journalist Hampton Sides does is tell both sides of the story. You get what happened from the point of view of MLK Jr. and from the point of view of James Earl Ray, who called himself Eric Galt at the time that he became a follower of George Wallace and traveled to Memphis in 1968. This is a period of time that a lot of people know was extremely important; they feel like they know a lot about it because it's part of our nation's history, but Sides writes about how you don't really know what happened or why it matters. Hampton Sides himself narrates the Audible version.

Avid nonfiction readers know Hampton Sides to be a fantastic storyteller, and here he doesn’t disappoint. Beginning with their preparation to sail from San Francisco to mysterious arctic waters, this book follows Captain George Washington De Long and his brave crew of thirty-two men as they embark on a doomed voyage aboard the USS Jeanette. How many survived after crashing into the ice, marching across Siberia, encountering polar bears, and losing important supplies? You’ll be tearing through the pages to find out as Hampton Sides reveals each thrilling—and tragic—twist in this true story.