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Lincoln based in part on Team of Rivals

"Based on the book by acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Abraham Lincoln, the one-term congressman and former prairie lawyer, rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president, only then to face the insurmountable struggles of a divided nation...

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Main Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Other Authors: Thomas, Richard, 1951- (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, c2012.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Political leadership > United States > Case studies.
Genius > Case studies.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
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Summary:"Based on the book by acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Abraham Lincoln, the one-term congressman and former prairie lawyer, rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president, only then to face the insurmountable struggles of a divided nation." --From container description.
Item Description:At the head of the title: "A Steven Spielberg Film."
Duration: 9:30:00
Compact disc.
Physical Description:8 sound discs (570 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781442354746
1442354747
Author Notes:Doris Kearns Goodwin was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 4, 1943. She received a bachelor of arts degree from Colby College in 1964 and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University in 1968. She taught at Harvard University and worked as an assistant to President Lyndon Johnson during his last year in the White House.

She has written numerous books including The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, Wait Till Next Year, and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, and Leadership: In Turbulent Times. She has received numerous awards including Pulitzer Prize in history, the Harold Washington Literary Award, the Ambassador Book Award for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, and the Lincoln Prize and the Book Prize for American History for Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

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