Most of 14th Street is Gone takes an in-depth look at the enormously destructive riots that erupted in Washington, DC in April 1968. This book offers an unprecedently detailed account of the riots that raged in the nation's capital from the perspectives of rioters, victims, law enforcement officials, soldiers, and government leaders. Samuel Walker's "Most of 14th Street Is Gone" details the tick tock of events that occurred during the Washington, DC riots of 1968....Walker painstakingly retraces the steps and missteps, of those days that sent our nation's capital up in flames 50 years ago.