An edition of Team of Rivals (2003)

Team of rivals

the political genius of Abraham Lincoln

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An edition of Team of Rivals (2003)

Team of rivals

the political genius of Abraham Lincoln

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This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery led inexorably to civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was because of his extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. It was this that enabled Lincoln to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union.

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
916

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Team of Rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
2013, Penguin Books, Penguin
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Team of Rivals
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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2005, Simon & Schuster
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Case studies., Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7092, B
Library of Congress
E457.45 .G66 2005, E457.45.G66 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 916 p. :
Number of pages
916

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3422840M
ISBN 10
0684824906
ISBN 13
9780684824901
LCCN
2005044615
OCLC/WorldCat
61479616
Library Thing
30628
Wikidata
Q124693090
Goodreads
414879

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1856010W

Work Description

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a 2005 book by Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, published by Simon & Schuster. The book is a biographical portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his cabinet from 1861 to 1865. Three of his Cabinet members had previously run against Lincoln in the 1860 election: Attorney General Edward Bates, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase and Secretary of State William H. Seward. The book focuses on Lincoln's mostly successful attempts to reconcile conflicting personalities and political factions on the path to abolition and victory in the American Civil War.

Goodwin's sixth book, Team of Rivals was well received by critics and won the 2006 Lincoln Prize and the inaugural Book Prize for American History of the New-York Historical Society. US President Barack Obama cited it as one of his favorite books and was said to have used it as a model for constructing his own cabinet, although he later wrote this was not the reason he chose Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. In 2012, a Steven Spielberg film based on the book was released to critical acclaim.

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On May 18,1860, the day when the Republican Party would nominate its candidate for president, Abraham Lincoln was up early.
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