Lincoln: A Photobiography

by Russell Freedman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899193803
• ISBN13: 9780899193809
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

this book is an excellent book about Lincoln

I was especially enthralled by the parts about Lincoln's childhood and early adulthood. A very good buy!

One of my favorites!

I love this book! Bought it for my 13 year old son, and he loved it, too! Well written and great photos!

A Review of Lincoln a Photobiography

This book is all about Abraham Lincoln from living in the backwoods to the Presidency and the assassination. Before Lincoln became President he was a lawyer and a State and U.S. Congressman. He married Mary Ann Todd and they had four boys.He was a member of the Whig Party until 1856 when he switched to the Repuplican Party. He was elected President in 1860 and led the Union to victory over the Confederates in the Civil War.He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14,1856. He was watching the play My American Cousin at Ford's theater. The next day he died in a boarding house across the street.I give this book five stars because it was an awesome book. I learned a lot about Lincoln and life in the 1800's. Russell Freedman packed the book with a bunch of interesting facts that kept me reading.It wasn't just about Lincoln.It was also about the Civil War and political issues. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about history, Presidents and likes to read biographies. Doug Madison, WI

Not your parents' Lincoln

A small unimposing masterpiece. It is interesting to me that the photograph chosen for the cover of this book should show Lincoln without his usual beard and stovepipe hat. I like to believe that maybe the author chose this photo himself, perhaps to make people think a little differently about Lincoln from the start. I have nothing for praise for this biography, by the way. The facts are interspersed with the excellent details of Lincoln's life growing up. Freedman has the ability to mingle the times in which Abe lived his life in such a way that the readers hardly notice how well they've become acquainted with the setting before the Civil War arrives. This book is so readable and such a good length that I can see children actually enjoying reading it on their own. Admittedly, this may not often happen, but it's wonderful to read a book that even gives them the option. "Lincoln: A Photobiography" would teach especially well to large groups of kids and would pair nicely with Ruby Bridges's, "Through My Eyes", giving kids a real sense of the history of African-American civil rights.

A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words

Lincoln, A Photobiography, is an excellent source of information and images regarding Abraham Lincoln. Its wealth of pictures tell much about this secretive man who rarely shared his innermost thoughts and feelings. This book and its contents are based on Freedman's exceptional compilation of photographs, letters, and drawings concerning Lincoln's life and times. Each image is woven into an eloquent account of Abraham Lincoln's world and the issues surrounding him. This book should be on every school library's shelf as it has so many wonderful pictures and other images both common and rare regarding Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.At the end of the book, Freedman offers a "Lincoln Sampler" containing some of the president's famous quotes. Civil War scholars as well as those researching the topic will see that this book holds both pictures and words that bring our 16th president to life.

The life of the 16th U.S. president.

A short, well written biography of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) for children (probably ages 10 to 16) that is filled with photographs following his life. The book makes Lincoln come "alive" for young readers. In fact, it could well be the best Lincoln biography written for this age group. The book won the 1988 Newbery Medal for best contribution to American children's literature.