Lincoln a photobiography awards and more

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 book won the Newbery Medal in It was the first nonfiction book to do so in 30 years.

The book won the Newbery Medal in It was the first nonfiction book to do so in 30 years.

This Newbery Medal-winning biography of our Civil War president is warm, appealing, and illustrated with dozens of carefully chosen photographs and prints.

For Lincoln: A Photobiography.

Winner of the Newbery Medal.

This book is filled with photographs that help tell about Lincoln's life.

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.

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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 a