Linda Barrett Osborne

Linda Barrett Osborne is the author of Guardians of Liberty, Traveling the Freedom Road, Miles to Go for Freedom, This Land Is Our Land, and Come On In, America. She was a senior writer-editor in the Library of Congress Publishing Office for 15 years. She lives in Washington, DC.

Linda Barrett Osborne's Titles

Who's Got Mail? The History of Mail in America

Who's Got Mail?

A fascinating history of the US Post Office for kids, from acclaimed author Linda Barrett Osborne"In America, one of the first things done in...


Come On In, America The United States in World War I

Come On In, America

“A wide-ranging exploration of World War I and how it changed the United States forever” with photos, illustrations, and maps that bring...


This Land Is Our Land A History of American Immigration

This Land Is Our Land

A YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, Linda Barrett Osborne's This Land is Our Land "explores the history of American immigration from the...


Miles to Go for Freedom Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years

Miles to Go for Freedom

“A detailed and thought-provoking account of segregation” including photos and first-person stories illustrating life in the Jim Crow era...