This book by Russell Freedman is a Newberry award winner. It is about president Abraham Lincoln. It is nonfiction and about real United States history. This book is a biography about the presidents life from his childhood until his death. ( )

This book was a little slow to start but really picked up to become a very engaging book. The book was able to teach me a great deal without dumbing down some very complicated issues. The pictures were interesting but the book was seriously lacking in a map of the Civil War battles. ( )

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.

Good Lincoln biography for younger readers with many photos. ( )

Good overview of his life, lots of interesting pictures. ( )