Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- ISBN-10
- 0684824906
- ISBN-13
- 9780684824901
- Series
- Team of Rivals
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 916
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-10-25
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
Description
An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in winning the Civil War.
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