Product Details
Simon & Schuster, September 2006
Trade Paperback, 944 pages
ISBN-10: 0743270754
ISBN-13: 9780743270755
Awards and Nominations
- Pennsylvania School Librarian Association (PSLA) "Top Ten (Or So)" Young Adult Books
Description
This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history.
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"An elegant, incisive study....Goodwin has brilliantly described how Lincoln forged a team that preserved a nation and freed America from the curse of slavery."
-- James M. McPherson, The New York Times Book Review
"Goodwin's narrative abilities...are on full display here, and she does an enthralling job of dramatizing...crucial moments in Lincoln's life....A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius."
-- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Splendid, beautifully written....Goodwin has brilliantly woven scores of contemporary accounts...into a fluid narrative....This is the most richly detailed account of the Civil War presidency to appear in many years."
-- John Rhodehamel, Los Angeles Times
"Endlessly absorbing....[A] lovingly rendered and masterfully fashioned book."
-- Jay Winik, The Wall Street Journal
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No Ordinary TimeDoris Kearns Goodwin offers an intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt—and how FDR unified the nation to win the Second World War.Read More
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