Let the Trumpet Sound - by Stephen B Oates (Paperback)

About the Book

Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award and the Christopher Award, this brilliant examination of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., portrays a very real man with a powerful dream that helped shape American history. 15 halftone illustrations.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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

"A monumental work. ... A stirring portrait."--Publishers Weekly

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

"Martin Luther King is captured in all his power, glory, and humility."--Chicago Tribune

"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 Notable Book of the Year--New York Times Book Review

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