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Russell A. Freedman (October 11, 1929 – March 16, 2018) was an American biographer and the author of nearly 50 books for young people. He may be best known for winning the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography .
Lincoln: A Photobiography is an illustrated biography of Abraham Lincoln written by Russell Freedman, and published in 1987. [1] The book won the Newbery Medal in 1988. It was the first nonfiction book to do so in 30 years. [2]
The book has received mostly positive reviews. It has been praised for Freedman's description of Anderson's trajectory through text and various black and white images. Roger Sutton of Horn Book Magazine gives credit to Freedman for depicting Anderson's "accomplishments of an individual as both an actor in and an emblem of her time."
From 1971 their works have been called Honor Books and they have received Newbery Honor citations. For articles about cited books see Category:Newbery Honor–winning works. The Medal was inaugurated in 1922. As few as zero and as many as eight runners-up have been named, but from 1938 there have been one to five annual Honors.
Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty by Russell Freedman; Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder and Michael French; March (Book One) by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, Illustrated by Nate Powell
These writers have won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" (one book). For articles on winning books see Category:Newbery Medal–winning works .
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Benedict and Nancy Freedman: Mrs. Mike; Russell Freedman: Lincoln: A Photobiography, The Life and Death of Crazy Horse, Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life Discovered; Barbara C. Freeman: The Other Face, A Haunting Air, Snow in the Maze; Mark Frost: The Paladin Prophecy; Cornelia Funke: Inkheart, The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider