Team of Rivals
the political genius of abraham lincoln
$102.98
- Hardcover
916 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2005
Summary
Abraham Lincoln: Forging a Nation Through Rivals
Winner of the Lincoln Prize
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometown…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684824901 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0684824906 |
| Author: | Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 916 |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2005 |
| Weight: | 1.38kg |
| Dimensions: | 50mm x 172mm x 241mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“An elegant, incisive study….Goodwin has brilliantly described how Lincoln forged a team that preserved a nation and freed America from the curse of slavery.”
–James M. McPherson, “The New York Times Book Review”
“Endlessly absorbing….[A] lovingly rendered and masterfully fashioned book.”–Jay Winik, “The Wall Street Journal”
“Goodwin’s narrative abilities…are on full display here, and she does an enthralling job of dramatizing…crucial moments in Lincoln’s life….A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius.”–Michiko Kakutani, “The New York Times”
“Splendid, beautifully written….Goodwin has brilliantly woven scores of contemporary accounts…into a fluid narrative….This is the most richly detailed account of the Civil War presidency to appear in many years.”–John Rhodehamel, “Los Angeles Times”
About The Author
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin’s work for President Johnson inspired her career as a presidential historian. Her first book was Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for Team of Rivals, in part the basis for Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, about the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her bestselling Leadership: In Turbulent Times was the inspiration for the History Channel docuseries on Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, which she executive produced. Her most recent book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, provides a front-row seat to the pivotal people–JFK, LBJ, RFK, and MLK–and events of this momentous decade.
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