New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 1988. Later printing. Trade paperback. xii, [2], 1064,[8] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Major works cited in Notes. Index. Covers creased. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads: For Steve, With best wishes, Taylor Branch Dec. 6, 2016. Taylor Branch (born January 14, 1947) is an American author and historian who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy, collectively called America in the King Years, was released in January 2006, and an abridgment, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement, was published in 2013. Branch served as an assistant editor at The Washington Monthly from 1970 to 1973; he was Washington editor of Harper's from 1973 to 1976; and he was Washington columnist for Esquire Magazine from 1976 to 1977. He also has written for a variety of other publications, including The New York Times Magazine, and The New Republic. In 1972, Branch worked for the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern. Branch shared an apartment with Bill Clinton, and the two developed a friendship. He also worked with Hillary Rodham, later Clinton's wife. Branch's book on Bill Clinton, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With The President, was written from tape-recorded interviews and conversations, most of which occurred in the White House during Clinton's two terms in office and which were not disclosed publicly until 2009. In 2015, he received the BIO Award from Biographers International Organization. More