{"product_id":"let-the-trumpet-sound-a-life-of-martin-luther-king-jr-9780062321459","title":"Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most comprehensive, the most thoroughly researched and documented, the most scholarly of the biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr.\" --Henry Steele Commanger, \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award * A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the acclaimed biographer of Abraham Lincoln, Nat Turner, and John Brown, Stephen B. Oates's prizewinning \u003cem\u003eLet the Trumpet Sound\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOates, Stephen B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eStephen B. Oates (1936-2021) was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His books include \u003cem\u003eLet the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWith Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409508765970,"sku":"9780062321459","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f92e7e98-990a-42db-bef7-f6f665eb7b3a.jpg?v=1729289273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/let-the-trumpet-sound-a-life-of-martin-luther-king-jr-9780062321459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}