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Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
1867–1935
A historian, biographer, and teacher, he wrote lively books on American history that helped bring the past to a wide readership. His work ranged from broad national surveys to studies of figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.
3 Audiobooks
Abraham Lincoln and the Union: A Chronicle of the Embattled North
by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War
by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
The Day of the Confederacy: A Chronicle of the Embattled South
by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
About the author
Born in Cincinnati on July 10, 1867, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson became an American educator, historian, journalist, and author. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and Harvard, and later received his A.B. from Indiana University in 1896.
Before turning fully to writing, he worked in journalism and taught history and economics at the College of Charleston, where he joined the faculty in 1902. His surviving papers show a wide range of interests, including writings, lecture notes, diaries, and correspondence, which helps explain the breadth of his later historical work.
Stephenson wrote numerous books on American history and biography, including works on Lincoln and the Civil War era, and he was elected to the American Antiquarian Society in 1920. He died in Claremont, California, on January 17, 1935.