Martin Luther King, Jr.: Free At Last - Hardcover

Adler, David A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823406180 ISBN 13: 9780823406180

Publisher: Holiday House, 1986

Synopsis

A biography of the Baptist minister who worked unceasingly for his dream of a world without hate, prejudice, or violence, and was assassinated in the attempt

About this title

About the Author:

David Abraham Adler (born April 10, 1947) is the author of nearly 200 books for children and young adults, most notably the Cam Jansen mystery series, the "Picture Book of..." series, and several acclaimed works about the Holocaust for young readers. Adler was born in New York City, New York. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was published that year. Adler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career. Adler has three children and one grandson. He lives in Woodmere, New York.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4 While Adler's biography does not alter the facts concerning Dr. King's life, it does present them in a way which makes complex issues seem overly simplified. Trying to detail the tremendous accomplishments of Dr. King in 48 pages dominated by illustrations leaves many important issues and events subject to cursory coverage. Injustice/reaction/change seems to occur on each page, which could give young readers the wrong impression of the actual magnitude of the sacrifice and turmoil involved in the civil rights movement. The illustrations are undistinguished charcoal sketches, some full page, often limiting the text to a paragraph or two. A list of important dates in Dr. King's life precedes the text. Mention is also made of the celebration of the anniversary of his birth, a fact lacking in a number of previous King biographies. While neither are of outstanding quality, both Bains' Martin Luther King (Troll, 1985) and Hunter's Martin Luther King, Jr. (Bookwright Pr, 1985) present a more complete treatment of Martin Luther King. Tom S. Hurlburt, Minneapolis Public Library, Minn.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0823406180
• ISBN 13: 9780823406180
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Casilla Robert