When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live without in the White House, his answer was instant- Team of Rivals. This monumental and brilliant work has given Obama the model for his presidency, showing how Abraham Lincoln saved America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. 'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama 'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' The New York Times 'It is the season to compare Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln. Two thin men from rude beginnings, relatively new to Washington but wise to the world, bring the nation together to face a crisis. Both are superb rhetoricians, both geniuses at stagecraft and timing. Obama, like Lincoln and unlike most modern politicians, even writes his own speeches. To a public thoroughly sick of partisan bickering, Lincoln's words rang with hope as Obama spoke them on election night before a vast crowd in Chicago's Grant Park . . . ' Newsweek Winner of six literary prizes including the National Book Critics Circle Award Selected as Book of the Yeat by Jeremy Paxman and Robert Harris More than one million copies sold
When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live without in the White House, his answer was instant- Team of Rivals. This monumental and brilliant work has given Obama the model for his presidency, showing how Abraham Lincoln saved America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. 'A wonderful book . . . a remarkable study in leadership' Barack Obama 'A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius' The New York Times 'It is the season to compare Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln. Two thin men from rude beginnings, relatively new to Washington but wise to the world, bring the nation together to face a crisis. Both are superb rhetoricians, both geniuses at stagecraft and timing. Obama, like Lincoln and unlike most modern politicians, even writes his own speeches. To a public thoroughly sick of partisan bickering, Lincoln's words rang with hope as Obama spoke them on election night before a vast crowd in Chicago's Grant Park . . . ' Newsweek Winner of six literary prizes including the National Book Critics Circle Award Selected as Book of the Yeat by Jeremy Paxman and Robert Harris More than one million copies sold
Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals- The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt- The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.
A wonderful book ... a remarkable study in leadership
*Barack Obama*
The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades.
Sensational
*Jon Snow*
I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years
*The Observer (Books of the Year)*
A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style
... overflowing with colour and character
*Dominic Sandbrook*
A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it
*Alex Ferguson*
Goodwin's narrative abilities are on full display here. A portrait
of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius
*New York Times*
A wonderful book ... a remarkable study in leadership -- Barack
Obama
The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades.
Sensational -- Jon Snow
I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years -- Robert
Harris * The Observer (Books of the Year) *
A fabulously engrossing, exciting narrative in the grand old style
... overflowing with colour and character -- Dominic Sandbrook
A brilliant book ... I couldn't get enough of it -- Alex
Ferguson
Goodwin's narrative abilities are on full display here. A portrait
of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius --
Michiko Kakutani * New York Times *
This production of Goodwin's acclaimed biography enters the marketplace as a tie-in for Steven Spielberg's latest Hollywood epic, Lincoln. While Goodwin's book serves as the basis for the film, listeners of the adaptation may be puzzled that the narrative in this abridged edition does not include President Abraham Lincoln's efforts to gain passage of the 13th Amendment-efforts that provides the centerpiece for a great deal of the movie's storyline. However, the abridgment flows quite smoothly in its own right. Narrator Richard Thomas evokes an earnestness and dignity in keeping with the spirit of the material. He effectively conveys the personal bonds between Lincoln and his unlikely circle of advisors. In the case of Secretary of State William Seward, the emotional depths of the character's devotion become especially clear via Thomas's performance. And the narrator-whose tone remains sentimental without descending into maudlin territory-nicely tackles the sections devoted to Lincoln's family life, most notably the attachment he maintained with youngest son Tad. A Simon & Schuster paperback. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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