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Title: Lincoln : A Photobiography by Russell Freedman ISBN: 0-395-51848-2 Publisher: Scott Foresman (Pearson K-12) Pub. Date: 25 September, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not your parents' Lincoln
Comment: 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.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best intermediate biography of Abraham Lincoln
Comment: Russell Freedman's "Lincoln: A Photobiography" represents the ideal book for students who want something more about this subject than a book for younger readers, like George Sullivan's "In Their Own Words: Abraham Lincoln," but who are not yet ready to tackle an adult work like Carl Sandburg's three volume Lincoln biography. Freedman provides a new level of information for those who have read only juvenile biographies of Lincoln. For example, he goes into much more details about Lincoln's courtship of Mary Todd and the strain the war and death of two children caused on their marriage. For many younger readers this will be the first time they read about the complex issues that confronted Lincoln during the Civil War. In the end, students will have a greater appreciation not only for Lincoln's successes but for the problems and failures that troubled him during his years in the White House. Finally, if such things matter to you in tipping the scales, this book received the John Newbery Medal.
In the back of this book you will find "A Lincoln Sampler," which consists of things Lincoln said throughout his life, "In Lincoln's Footsteps," which lists historic sites from Lincoln's life that readers can visit, and "Books About Lincoln" for those interested in reading much more about Lincoln. Yes, the title "A Photobiography" might lead you to believe that this is a book of pictures with detailed captions explaining Lincoln's life. While this is not the case Freedman has included 88 photographs, etchings, paintings, reproductions and such in his 150-page volume. Yes, not all of the illustrations are of Lincoln, but it is perfectly allright in a biography to have pictures of the places and people, not to mention events, important in the subject's life. There were only a certain number of photographs taken of Lincoln in his life and my guess that most of them would be included in here. There is even the one surviving photograph of Lincoln in death, although you will not find the photograph of him right after his speech at Gettysburg. The illustrations remain a strength of this photobiography.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fabulous Introduction On Abraham Lincoln
Comment: This is a wonderful book about Abraham Lincoln. It's the very first book that I read on him when i was about eleven or twelve years old. It's still one of my favorites because it has quick easy to read information. The pictures are beautiful to look at.
This is also a really good way to get kids interested in Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. It's what got me started really.
All though it seems kind of childish to me now. it still really is a very good book to learn from.
With this references book, you will also learn about some key figures in Lincoln's life. Such as Mary Ann Todd and Josuah F. Speed. There is also some good information on them from an introduction on Lincoln.
What I also like about the book is that it doesn't really talk on about the myth of Lincoln.
But the author tries to talk about the man himself instead. There are also some pictures of Abraham and Mary's first house in Springfield. Illinois, and a lot of other nice pictures.
I very much recommend this book to any one who is knew at learning about the 16th President of the United States of America.
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Title: Joyful Noise (rpkg) : Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows ISBN: 0064460932 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor ISBN: 014034893X Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard, Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen ISBN: 0152938222 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 08 September, 1981 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech ISBN: 0064405176 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant ISBN: 0440408652 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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