Lincoln: A Photobiography

Name: Lincoln: A Photobiography
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ISBN: 9780395518489

By: Russell Freedman

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / 1989 / Paperback

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Product Description

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Winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal, this eloquent work beings vitality to the story of Abraham Lincoln's life. Filled with photographs of Lincoln, his family, home and children, they perfectly complement the engaging and easy to understand text. Covering his humble beginnings in Kentucky and Illinois to his final night at Ford's Theatre, children and adults will appreciate this photographic portrait of Lincoln's life and accomplishments. 150 pages with index; softcover.

Product Information

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Title: Lincoln: A Photobiography
By: Russell Freedman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1989

Dimensions: 8.9 X 7.5 X 0.5 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 1 ounce
ISBN: 0395518482
ISBN-13: 9780395518489
Stock No: WW818482

Publisher's Description

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In this gripping account of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln, award-winning writer Russell Freedman brings to life the presidential years, scholarly thoughts and reflections of the Civil War president. Winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal.

This 1988 Newbery Medal-winning biography of our Civil War president is warm, appealing, and illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints. Russell Freedman begins with a lively account of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood, his career as a country lawyer, and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. Then the author focuses on the presidential years (1861 to 1865), skillfully explaining the many complex issues Lincoln grappled with as he led a deeply divided nation through the Civil War. The book's final chapter is a moving account of that tragic evening in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. Additional content includes a sampling of Lincoln's writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites.

Author Bio

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Russell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.

Editorial Reviews

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"A realistic, perceptive, and unromanticized photobiography of Lincoln, including a sampler of quotations from his writings and speeches."
- Booklist
"Eloquent. . . . A human portrait of a politician honorably confronting the most vexing issues of his era. . . . This biography feels astonishly real."
- The New York Times Book Review
"Few, if any, of the many books written for children about Lincoln can compare with Freedman's contribution. . . . This is an outstanding example of what (juvenile) biography can be. Like Lincoln himself, it stands head and shoulders above its competition." - School Library Journal