Let the Trumpet Sound

by Stephen B Oates

Overview

April 4, 1968, and a gunshot rings out in the Memphis sky, fatally wounding Martin Luther King Jr. In 'Let the Trumpet Sound', award-winning biographer Stephen B. Oates resurrects the heart, soul and life of the tireless civil rights campaigner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060924737
Publisher:	Harper Perennial
Publication date:	12/13/2013
Series:	Harper Perennial Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	586
Sales rank:	625,047
Product dimensions:	5.27(w) x 8.05(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

Stephen B. Oates (1936-2021) was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. His books include Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. Oates has been awarded numerous honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and Nevins-Freeman Award of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago for lifetime achievement in the field of Civil War studies.

What People are Saying About This

Roger Wilkins

"The thrilling story is not only full of drama, but...of the real King, his bravery, his triumph, his pain and his doubts."

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award and the Christopher Award, this examination of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. portrays a very real man with a powerful dream that helped shape American history.

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The thrilling story is not only full of drama, but...of the real King, his bravery, his triumph, his pain and his doubts. -- Washington Post Book World

Roger Wilkins

Thrilling. . . . Not only full of drama, but of the real King, his bravery, his triumph, his pain and doubts.

ROGER WILKINS

The most comprehensive, the most thoroughly researched and documented, the most scholarly of the biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr.

HENRY STEELE COMMAGER

Oates has written the most comprehensive account of King’s life yet published. . . . Displays a remarkable understanding of King’s individual role in the civil rights movement. . . . Helps us appreciate how sorely King is missed.

ERIC FONER

Moving, scholarly, lucid, invaluable. . . . The book on Martin Luther King.

WILLIAM MANCHESTER

Martin Luther King is captured in all his power, glory, and humility.

Chicago Tribune

A Notable Book of the Year

New York Times Book Review

Martin Luther King is captured in all his power, glory, and humility.

Chicago Tribune

Clearly the best biography we have. . . . Stirring. . . . Evokes King and his epic struggle with you-are-there vividness.

Newsday

Thrilling. . . . Not only full of drama, but of the real King, his bravery, his triumph, his pain and doubts.” — ROGER WILKINS, Washington Post Book World

“The most comprehensive, the most thoroughly researched and documented, the most scholarly of the biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr.” — HENRY STEELE COMMAGER, Philadelphia Inquirer

“Moving, scholarly, lucid, invaluable. . . . The book on Martin Luther King.” — WILLIAM MANCHESTER, author of The Last Lion

“Oates has written the most comprehensive account of King’s life yet published. . . . Displays a remarkable understanding of King’s individual role in the civil rights movement. . . . Helps us appreciate how sorely King is missed.” — ERIC FONER, New York Times Book Review

“A monumental work. ... A stirring portrait.” — Publishers Weekly

“Martin Luther King is captured in all his power, glory, and humility.” — Chicago Tribune

“Clearly the best biography we have. . . . Stirring. . . . Evokes King and his epic struggle with you-are-there vividness.” — Newsday

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