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Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY.

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Lincoln: A Photobiography

April 18, 2017

If you ask an American if they have a favorite U.S. President and they answer "Abraham Lincoln," then you have probably learned two quick things about that person: they hold social justice as a higher ideal above all others, and they believe that THEY love President Lincoln more than anyone else has before them.

Lovers of Abraham Lincoln are possessive and defiant. They KNOW that their relationship with him is deeper, stronger and more intimate than yours. The day he died, he became our communal property; he has, ever since, belonged to all of us who love him.

The writer of this Newberry-winning biography, Russell Freedman, is no exception, and neither am I.

Mr. Freedman reminds us that Lincoln was a man of humble beginnings; he knew poverty through most of his early life. But he also lets his readers know many other tidbits that they may or may not have known.

Some examples:

Did you know that Lincoln had buried his mother by the age of 9 and his only sibling by the age of 18?

Did you know that he was crazy in love with his wife?

Did you know that he had a vibrant energy about him, a combination of a warm, playful sense of humor and a deep, intense ability to empathize with human suffering?

Did you know he was famous for his st

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Lincoln: A Photobiography

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.