Books Quote by Russell Freedman

I visited the archeological site at the northern tip of Newfoundland. There is no question about it. It has been definitely determined that the…

— 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, or from a…

— Russell Freedman

If you're doing a good job as author, then you get the reader to engage in whatever speculation might be called for. And it's…

— 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…

— Russell Freedman

You always want to know what happened before you. It's a human instinct to know where you came from and what preceded you.

— Russell Freedman

The first encounter was when the Vikings came across 10 Indians taking naps under their overturned canoes - and the Vikings killed them. That…

— Russell Freedman

“By the end of 1914, after less than five months of combat, more than 600,000 soldiers on both sides had been killed on the Western Front.”

— Russell Freedman

I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.

— Russell Freedman

I sensed that Confucius is an interesting character. This is someone who lived over 2,500 years ago and is still speaking to us. That…

— Russell Freedman

“Batteries of machine guns firing point-blank at assaulting troops could turn an infantry attack into a mass suicide.”

— Russell Freedman

I didn't learn Chinese to write 'Confucius.' That would've been a monumental task. I have three friends who can translate Chinese text for me;…

— Russell Freedman

“I have mo prejudice against the Southern people... They are just what we would ben in their situation. If slavery did not now exits…

— Russell Freedman