Russell Freedman

Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.

A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.

A look at the Chinese teacher and sage whose teachings influence all aspects of Chinese life for many centuries after his death.

"In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging...

Describes the history of the Hispanic men, the first cowboys, who rode horses, tended cattle, and invented the techniques of cattle raising in America.