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The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
On May 18, 1860, in the midst of the nominating battle at the Republican National Convention, four contenders – Lincoln, Seward, Chase and Bates – wait in their hometowns for the results of the balloting in Chicago. Seward, Chase and Bates were political visionaries whose national reputations towered over Lincoln's. When they vied with Lincoln for the presidential nomination and lost, each was astonished at his defeat to this relatively obscure and inexperienced prairie lawyer. Through the 1850s, the four had intertwined with the creation of a sectional Republican party. Each positioned himself to lead the nation. That Lincoln emerges to win the race is the result of character traits forged by life experiences that separated him from his rivals and provided him with advantages that were unrecognized at the time and would prove his political adroitness and eventual greatness.
Name three nonfiction books you absolutely loved and would recommend
...t it to 3, but will stop at 4: •Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown •Isaac's Storm by Erik Larsen •Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie •Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin All have stood the test of time, for both accuracy and readability.
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'Starred & boxed review. Goodwin supplies capable
biographies of the gentlemen on whom she has chosen to focus, and ably
highlights the sometimes tangled dynamics of their "team" within the
larger assemblage of Lincoln's full war cabinet.' - PW
'Starred Review. Lincoln redux. Nevertheless, popular historian
Goodwin offers fresh ground by which to judge the almost overdone
sixteenth president.' - Booklist.
'Illuminating and well-written, as are all of Goodwin's
presidential studies; a welcome addition to Lincolniana.' - Kirkus
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Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Richard N. Goodwin.
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