Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln / Doris Kearns Goodwin.

"Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this 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...

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Main Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2005.
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