Stephen B. Oates





Stephen B. Oates

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A former professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is an expert in 19th-century United States history.

Oates has written 16 books during his career, including biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, and John Brown, and an account of Nat Turner's slave rebellion. His Portrait of America, a compilation of essays about United States history, is widely used in advanced high school and undergraduate university American history courses. His two "Voices of the Storm" books are compilations of monologues of key individuals in events leading up to and during the American Civil War. He also appeared in the well-known Ken Burns PBS documentary on the war.

He was accused of plagiarism in his biogra...more


Average rating: 4.07 · 1,688 ratings · 209 reviews · 19 distinct works
With Malice Toward None: A ...
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 898 ratings — published 1977 — 15 editions
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Let the Trumpet Sound: A Li...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 184 ratings9 editions
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Fires of Jubilee, The: Nat ...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1975 — 13 editions
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A Woman of Valor: Clara Bar...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man Be...
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions
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The Approaching Fury: Voice...
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions
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William Faulkner: The Man a...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 39 ratings3 editions
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The Whirlwind Of War: Voice...
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
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Confederate Cavalry West of...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992
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To Purge This Land with Blo...
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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