Russell Freedman

Russell Freedman (born 1929 in San Francisco) is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently lives in New York City. He received one of the 2007 National Humanities Medals.^[1]

Selected bibliography

• "Children of the Great Depression" 2005
• " Children of the Wild West, 2000
• Cowboys of the Wild West, 1985
• Lincoln: A Photobiography, 1987
• Indian Chiefs, 1987
• Buffalo Hunt, 1988
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1990
• The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane, 1991
• An Indian Winter, 1992
• Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, 1993
• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, 1994mfff,
• Immigrant Kids, 1995
• The Life and Death of Crazy Horse, 1996
• Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille, 1997
• Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, 1998
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion, 1999
• Give Me Liberty: The Story of The Declaration of Independence, 2000
• Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights, 2004
• 100 People Who Changed America 2004
• The Adventures of Marco Polo, 2006.
• Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 2006
• Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas, 2007
• Washington at Valley Forge, 2008
• The War to End All Wars: World War I, 2010
• Lafayette and the American Revolution, 2010

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