Stephen B. Oates
Encyclopedia
Stephen B. Oates is 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 monologue
s 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.
Oates received the 1993 Nevins-Freeman Award of the Chicago Civil War Round Table for his historical work on the American Civil War.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
. He is an expert in 19th-century United States history
History of the United States
The history of the United States traditionally starts with the Declaration of Independence in the year 1776, although its territory was inhabited by Native Americans since prehistoric times and then by European colonists who followed the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. The...
.
Oates has written 16 books during his career, including biographies of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the...
, Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
, Clara Barton
Clara Barton
Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was a pioneer American teacher, patent clerk, nurse, and humanitarian. She is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross.-Youth, education, and family nursing:...
, and John Brown
John Brown (abolitionist)
John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed, in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas, and made his name in the...
, 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 monologue
Monologue
In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...
s of key individuals in events leading up to and during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. He also appeared in the well-known Ken Burns
Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren "Ken" Burns is an American director and producer of documentary films, known for his style of using archival footage and photographs...
PBS documentary on the war.
Oates received the 1993 Nevins-Freeman Award of the Chicago Civil War Round Table for his historical work on the American Civil War.
Books by Stephen B. Oates
- Woman Of Valor: Clara Barton And The Civil War
- Fires Of Jubilee: Nat Turners Fierce Rebellion
- With Malice Toward None: A Life Of Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind The Myths
- Let The Trumpet Sound: The Life Of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Approaching Fury: Voices Of The Storm, 1820-1861
- Confederate Cavalry West Of The River
- Our Fiery Trail: Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, And The Civil War Era
- Biography As History
- America Through the Eyes of an Artisan
- Portrait of America : From Before Columbus to the End of Reconstruction
- To Purge This Land With Blood: Biography of John Brown
- William Faulkner: The Man and the Artist
- "The Ravages of War"