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(1929-2018) Writer. Russell Freedman was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Russell Freedman

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1929

BIRTH

Russell Bruce Freedman was born in San Francisco, California, on October 11, 1929.

1961

LITWORK

Teenagers Who Made History
Holiday House

History.

1971

LITWORK

Animal Architects
Holiday House
0823401820 / 978-0823401826
Nonfiction.

1980

LITWORK

Immigrant Kids
Dutton Juvenile
0525325387 / 978-0525325383
Nonfiction.

1987

LITWORK

Lincoln: A Photobiography
Clarion Books
0899193803 / 978-0899193809
Biography, winner of a Newbery Medal in 1988.

1993

LITWORK

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life Of Discovery
Clarion Books
0899198627 / 978-0899198620
Biography.

2005

LITWORK

Children of the Great Depression
Clarion Books
0618446303 / 978-0618446308
Nonfiction.

2010

LITWORK

The War to End All Wars: World War I
Clarion Books
0547026862 / 978-0547026862
History.

2013

LITWORK

Becoming Ben Franklin: How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty
Holiday House
0823423743 / 978-0823423743
Biography.

2016

LITWORK

Vietnam: A History of the War
Holiday House
0823436586 / 978-0823436583
History.

2016

LITWORK

We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
Clarion Books
0544223799 / 978-0544223790
History.

2018

DEATH

Russell Freedman died in Manhattan, New York, on March 16, 2018.

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