The Nation's Choice: Theme Paperbacks Challenge Level Theme 5 Grade 6 Lincoln, a Photobiography - Softcover

Russell Freedman

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9780618062874: The Nation's Choice: Theme Paperbacks Challenge Level Theme 5 Grade 6 Lincoln, a Photobiography

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618062874 ISBN 13: 9780618062874

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin School, 2000

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A description of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln includes his presidential years and also reflects on the latest scholarly thoughts about our Civil War president.

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Review:

This work is perhaps the most complete and enjoyable children's book ever written about one of the nation's most fascinating and important figures, Abraham Lincoln. Russell Freedman covers Lincoln's life and career in a balanced treatment that is enhanced by period photographs and drawings. The book won the Newbery Medal, the Jefferson Cup Award and the Golden Kite Honor Book Award, and earned a citation as School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.

About the Author:

Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City.

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