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Chicago Writer Jonathan Eig Explores Myths, Truths In Biography Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"No book could be more timely than Jonathan Eig's sweeping and majestic new King," wrote Will Bunch in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
February 2, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- "King: A Life," the new biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was on virtually everyone's top 10 list of 2023 – including the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and Time Magazine.
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"No book could be more timely than Jonathan Eig's sweeping and majestic new King," wrote Will Bunch in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Author Jonathan Eig was born in Brooklyn and raised in Monsey, New York in Rockland County north of New York City. But he attended the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has called Chicago home for many years.
