I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are much more convincing.
Anyone writing a picture-book biography of Lincoln has a different set of responsibilities from someone writing a biography for sixth-graders, say, o… - Russell Freedman
Anyone writing a picture-book biography of Lincoln has a different set of responsibilities from someone writing a biography for sixth-graders, say, o…
- Russell Freedman
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are m… - Russell Freedman
I think that today's books, in which every quote, every conversation, is taken from a memoir, an autobiography, an interview, or what-have-you, are m…
I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on to while I was writing my… - Russell Freedman
I'd like to ask Eleanor Roosevelt what she regrets most, because I think that might reveal something that I didn't catch on to while I was writing my…
I try to find clues in the documented record - from the subject's own testimony, from the testimony of other people. When you're writing a biography, … - Russell Freedman
I try to find clues in the documented record - from the subject's own testimony, from the testimony of other people. When you're writing a biography, …
Let's say that history is what happened. The record of what happened is how each individual happens to see those events. They've already been filtered… - Russell Freedman
Let's say that history is what happened. The record of what happened is how each individual happens to see those events. They've already been filtered…
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids who want to be writers but who … - Russell Freedman
I get letters from two kinds of readers. History buffs, who love to read history and biography for fun, and then kids who want to be writers but who …
Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required… - Russell Freedman
Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required…
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meanin… - Russell Freedman
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights were all written by affluent white males, but to discuss them in any meanin…
Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless you fin… - Russell Freedman
Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless you fin…
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