Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnSimon and Schuster, 2006 M12 8 - 944 páginas One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political foes. Winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize and the inspiration for the Oscar Award winning–film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Tony Kushner. On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an 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 capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war. We view the long, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals, hostile congressmen, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors, and in the case of Seward, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through. 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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... Feel Trouble in the Air”: Summer–Fall 1863 548 22 “Still in Wild Water”: Fall 1863 573 23 “There's a Man in It!”: Winter–Spring 1864 597 24 “Atlanta Is Ours”: Summer–Fall 1864 627 25 “A Sacred Effort”: Winter 1864–1865 667 26 The Final ...
... Feel Trouble in the Air”: Summer–Fall 1863 548 22 “Still in Wild Water”: Fall 1863 573 23 “There's a Man in It!”: Winter–Spring 1864 597 24 “Atlanta Is Ours”: Summer–Fall 1864 627 25 “A Sacred Effort”: Winter 1864–1865 667 26 The Final ...
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... feel the enervating tension in the telegraph office as Lincoln clasps Stanton's hand, awaiting bulletins from the battlefield. We follow him to the front on a dozen occasions and observe the invigorating impact of his sympathetic ...
... feel the enervating tension in the telegraph office as Lincoln clasps Stanton's hand, awaiting bulletins from the battlefield. We follow him to the front on a dozen occasions and observe the invigorating impact of his sympathetic ...
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... feel, tho' in perfect bodily health, an indolence and indecision not common with me,” he conceded in July 1859. “The cause, I fear, is the mixing up of my name in Politics. ...A large section of the Republican party, who think that Mr ...
... feel, tho' in perfect bodily health, an indolence and indecision not common with me,” he conceded in July 1859. “The cause, I fear, is the mixing up of my name in Politics. ...A large section of the Republican party, who think that Mr ...
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... feel humbled and mortified,” he wrote in his diary, as the year 1829 drew to a close, “by the conviction that the Creator has gifted me with intelligence almost in vain. I am almost twenty two and have as yet attained but the threshold ...
... feel humbled and mortified,” he wrote in his diary, as the year 1829 drew to a close, “by the conviction that the Creator has gifted me with intelligence almost in vain. I am almost twenty two and have as yet attained but the threshold ...
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... feel a loneliness the more dreadful, from the intimacy of the connexion which has been severed.” His grief was compounded by guilt, for he was away on business in Philadelphia when Kitty died, having been assured by her doctor that she ...
... feel a loneliness the more dreadful, from the intimacy of the connexion which has been severed.” His grief was compounded by guilt, for he was away on business in Philadelphia when Kitty died, having been assured by her doctor that she ...
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Political Map of the United States circa 1856 | 138 |
MASTER AMONG MEN | 321 |
CONTENTS | 330 |
Epilogue | 751 |
Notes | 759 |
Illustration Credits | 881 |
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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