Lincoln: A Photobiography

Russell Freedman

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1987 - Biography & Autobiography - 150 pages

1988 Newbery Medal Winner

Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. This 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), skillfullly 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. Concludes with a sampling of Lincoln writings and a detailed list of Lincoln historical sites.

This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Read Aloud Informational Text).

Contents

• 1 The Mysterious Mr Lincoln: 1
• 2 A Backwoods Boy: 7
• 3 Law and Politics: 27
• 4 Half Slave and Half Free: 45
• 5 Emancipation: 67
• 6 This Dreadful War: 93
• 7 Who Is Dead in the White House?: 119
• A Lincoln Sampler: 133
• In Lincolns Footsteps: 138
• Back Matter: 142
• Back Flap: 151
• Back Cover: 152
• Spine: 153

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lincoln: A Photobiography; Lincoln: A Photobiography, Russell Freedman; MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection; Newbery medal books
• Author: Russell Freedman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1987
• ISBN: 0899193803, 9780899193809
• Length: 150 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political; Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & First Families (U.S.); Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century; Juvenile Nonfiction / Photography