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Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor

Russell Freedman

Winner:Garden State Teen Book Award -Nonfiction (1997)
Photobiography of early twentieth-century photographer Lewis Hine, using his own work as illustrations. Hines's photographs of children at work were so devastating that they convinced the American people that Congress must pass child labor laws. "Readers will not only come to appreciate the impact of his groundbreaking work, but will also learn how one man dedicated and developed his skill and talents to bring about social reform." -- School Library Journal, starred review

Book Details

  • Publisher: Clarion Books
  • Publish Date: Mar 23rd, 1998
  • Pages: 104
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.44in - 9.90in - 0.32in - 0.91lb
  • EAN: 9780395797266
  • Recommended age: 10-12
  • Categories: Social Science - Politics & GovernmentSocial Science - SociologyHistory - United States - 20th Century

About the Author

Freedman, Russell: - Russell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.

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Praise for this book

"In 1908 Lewis Hine left his teaching position for a full-time job as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, then conducting a major campaign against the exploitation of children. Hine's photographs serve as a visual accompaniment to Freedman's narrative, which not only documents the abuses of the times but also traces the chronology of Hine's development as a crusader." -- Horn Book Magazine

"Readers will not only come to appreciate the impact of his groundbreaking work, but will also learn how one man dedicated and developed his skill and talents to bring about social reform." -- School Library Journal (starred review)