内容简介
WinneroftheRobertF.KennedyMemorialBookAward
WinneroftheChristopherAward
ANewYorkTimesBookReviewNotableBookoftheYearBytheacclaimedbiographerofAbrahamLincoln,NatTurner,andJohnBrown,StephenB.Oates'sprizewinningLettheTrumpetSoundisthedefinitiveone-volumelifeofMartinLutherKing,Jr.ThisbrilliantexaminationofthegreatcivilrightsiconandthemovementheledprovidesalastingportraitofamanwhosedreamshapedAmericanhistory.
作者简介
StephenB.OatesisprofessoremeritusofhistoryatUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst.HisbooksincludeAbrahamLincoln:TheManBehindtheMyths(1984);LettheTrumpetSound:ALifeofMartinLutherKing,Jr.(1982);WithMaliceTowardNone:ALifeofAbrahamLincoln(1977);TheFiresofJubilee:NatTurner’sFierceRebellion(1975);ToPurgeThisLandofBlood:ABiographyofJohnBrown(1970),andConfederateCavalryWestoftheRiver(1961).AconsultantandcommentatoronKenBurns’sCivilWarseriesonPBS,Oateshasbeenawardednumeroushonors,includingaGuggenheimFellowship,ChristopherAward,RobertF.KennedyMemorialBookAward,LifetimeAchievementAwardfromtheLincolnGroupofNewYork,andNevins-FreemanAwardoftheCivilWarRoundTableofChicagoforlifetimeachievementinthefieldofCivilWarstudie