The Heavens Might Crack the dwarves and those who love them

and those who love them

and enough big boxes and tuna sandwiches for everyone

There was the so-called Scarlett O'Hara-like search to find the actor to play Gehrig

exiled generation" (Sunday Times) -- and "Old Wounds

The Heavens Might Crack the dwarves and those who love themA vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing figure scorned by many white Americans, worshipped by some African Americans and liberal whites, and deemed irrelevant by many black youth. In The Heavens Might