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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100062321455
ISBN-139780062321459
eBay Product ID (ePID)169513392
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Book TitleLet the Trumpet Sound : Alife of Martin Luther King, Jr
Number of Pages592 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicNative Americans, Political
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorStephen B. Oates
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15 oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsClearly the best biography we have. . . . Stirring. . . . Evokes King and his epic struggle with you-are-there vividness., 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., "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, The most comprehensive, the most thoroughly researched and documented, the most scholarly of the biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr., 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., Clearly the best biography we have. ... Stirring. ... Evokes King and his epic struggle with you-are-there vividness., The most comprehensive, the most thoroughly researched and documented, the most scholarly of hte biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr., Thrilling. . . . Not only full of drama, but of the real King, his bravery, his triumph, his pain and doubts.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal323.1196073092
SynopsisWinner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book AwardWinner of the Christopher AwardA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year "Drawing on interviews with those who knew King, previously unutilized material at Presidential libraries, and the holdings of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, Mr. Oates has written the most comprehensive account of King's life yet published. ... He displays a remarkable understanding of King's individual role in the civil rights movement ... Oates's biography helps us appreciate how sorely King is missed." --Eric Foner, New York Times Book Review By the acclaimed biographer of Abraham Lincoln, Nat Turner, and John Brown, Stephen B. Oates's prizewinning Let the Trumpet Sound is the definitive one-volume life of Martin Luther King, Jr. This brilliant examination of the great civil rights icon and the movement he led provides a lasting portrait of a man whose dream shaped American history., "The most comprehensive, the most thoroughly researched and documented, the most scholarly of the biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr." --Henry Steele Commanger, Philadelphia Inquirer Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award * A New York Times Notable Book of the Year By the acclaimed biographer of Abraham Lincoln, Nat Turner, and John Brown, Stephen B. Oates's prizewinning Let the Trumpet Sound is the definitive one-volume life of Martin Luther King, Jr. This brilliant examination of the great civil rights icon and the movement he led provides a lasting portrait of a man whose dream shaped American history. "Drawing on interviews with those who knew King, previously unutilized material at Presidential libraries, and the holdings of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, Mr. Oates has written the most comprehensive account of King's life yet published. . . . He displays a remarkable understanding of King's individual role in the civil rights movement. . . . Oates's biography helps us appreciate how sorely King is missed." --Eric Foner, New York Times Book Review
LC Classification NumberE185.97.K5018 1994
