Russell Freedman [electronic resource] / Susan P. Bloom, Cathryn M. Mercier.
2009
CT275.F695385 B56 2009eb
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Russell Freedman [electronic resource] / Susan P. Bloom, Cathryn M. Mercier.
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9780810867352 (electronic bk.)
9780810857728
0810857723
0810867354 (electronic bk.)
9780810857728
0810857723
0810867354 (electronic bk.)
Publication Details
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxi, 151 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill.
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CT275.F695385 B56 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
809/.04
Summary
The author of more than 50 informational books for young people, Russell Freedman has received every major award in the field, including the Newbery, the Robert F. Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Major prizes are but one indication of the significance of an author, and Russell Freedman has been and continues to be essential in moving criticism and publication of nonfiction into the fullest realm of appreciation and development. Freedman claims the narrative power of nonfiction as capableof "igniting the reader's imagination, evoking pictures and scenes in the reader's mind."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-144) and index.
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Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ; 33.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chronology
Chapter 01. Distilling
Chapter 02. Accuracy and Research
Chapter 03. Facts and Speculations
Chapter 04. Vitality and Pacing
Chapter 05. Pleasure and Discovery
Appendix: Awards
Selected Bibliography
About the Authors
Photospread.
Chronology
Chapter 01. Distilling
Chapter 02. Accuracy and Research
Chapter 03. Facts and Speculations
Chapter 04. Vitality and Pacing
Chapter 05. Pleasure and Discovery
Appendix: Awards
Selected Bibliography
About the Authors
Photospread.