Stephen B Oates - Böcker

Recounts Clara Barton's work in arranging medical assistance for the wounded at such battles as Antietam and Fredericksburg, and looks at how her example led to nursing becoming a trained, paid occupation after the war.

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This masterful and moving biography follows Lincoln's bitter struggle with poverty, his self-made success in business and law, his early disappointing political career, and his leadership as President during one of America's most turbulent periods...

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Oates discerns the historical truth from the mythical legend that surrounds Abraham Lincoln in this original and fascinating portrait of America's 16th president. "Stephen Oates recreates the life and world of Lincoln with the skill of a mast...

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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 il...

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"A penetrating reconstruction of the most disturbing and crucial slave uprising in America's history.” — New York Times The fierce slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 and the savage reprisals that followed shatte...

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Another Confederate cavalry raid impends. You hear the snort of an impatient horse, the leathery squeaking of saddles, the low-voiced commands of officers, the muffled cluck of guns cocked in preparationthen the sudden rush of motion, the din of a...

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The Republic of Texas was still in its first exultation over independence when John Salmon "Rip" Ford arrived from South Carolina in June of 1836. Ford stayed to participate in virtually every major event in Texas history during the next...

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The Whirlwind of War builds on the great themes and follows many of the important figures who were introduced in The Approaching Fury. Stephen B. Oatess riveting narrative brings to life the complex and destructive war that is the central event in...

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Biographer and historian Stephen B. Oates tells the story of the coming of the American Civil War through the voices and perspectives of thirteen principal players in the drama, from Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay in the Missouri crisis of 1820 d...

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In this volume ten distinguished biographers discuss the principles and practices of their craft.

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A stunning biography of Clara Bartona woman who determined to serve her country during the Civil Warfrom acclaimed author Stephen B. Oates.When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dr...

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The Definitive Biography of John Brown  "John Brown's life was filled with drama, and Oates tells his story in a manner so engrossing that the book reads like a novel, despite the fact that it is extensively documented and researched." -Eric ...

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The Definitive Biography of John Brown  "John Brown's life was filled with drama, and Oates tells his story in a manner so engrossing that the book reads like a novel, despite the fact that it is extensively documented and researched." -Eric ...

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