Let the Trumpet Sound: the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. [Review Copy]

New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First ed., first printing (full number line). Quarto in b&w pictorial jacket; xiii, 560 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. Extremely slight curl to boards; else near fine(-) in near fine(-) jacket. Now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780060149932, 0060149930

Review copy, with publsiher slip and two press photos laid in. Uncommon thus. "The first major biography of King, based on extensive research in manuscript collections, traces King's personal development as well as the development of his ideas on protest and nonviolent resistance, from the influence of Thoreau and Gandhi through the details of his participation in the Civil Rights Movement."— Publisher. // Contents: Prelude. Part 1: Odyssey. Part 2: On the stage of history. Part 3: Freedom is never free. Part 4: Seasons of sorrow. Part 5: The dreamer cometh. Part 6: Life's restless sea. Part 7: Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around. Part 8: The road to Jericho. Part 9: The hour of reckoning. Part 10: Free at last. Acknowledgements. References. Index. // Activistes noirs américains Biographies, African American Baptists Clergy Biography, African American civil rights workers Biography, African American political activists Biography, African Americans, African Americans Biography, African Americans Civil rights, Baptistes États-Unis Clergé Biographies, Baptistes noirs américains Clergé Biographies, Baptists -- United States -- Clergy --, Baptists Biography Clergy United States, Baptists Clergy, Baptists United States Clergy Biography, Biografie, Biographies, Biography, Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains Biographies, King, Martin Luther, King, Martin Luther 1929-1968.