author
Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
1867–1935
An American historian and biographer who wrote with a storyteller’s eye, he is best known for lively works on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the shaping of the United States. His books bring big national events down to the level of character, motive, and human drama.
3 Audiobooks
Abraham Lincoln and the Union: A Chronicle of the Embattled North
by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson
The Day of the Confederacy: A Chronicle of the Embattled South
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
About the author
Born in Cincinnati in 1867, Nathaniel W. Stephenson built a varied career as an educator, historian, journalist, and writer. Library and archival records consistently identify him as an American historian and biographer, and his published work shows a strong interest in the people and turning points that shaped U.S. history.
He taught history and economics at the College of Charleston and went on to write numerous historical works as well as novels. His books include studies of Abraham Lincoln and broader accounts of American history, written in a style that aimed to be readable as well as informative.
Stephenson died in 1935. Though not as widely known today as some popular historians, he left behind a substantial body of work that reflects an older tradition of narrative history: serious in subject, but meant for general readers as much as for specialists.