Team of Rivals
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Author: Doris Kearns GoodwinEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2005-10-01
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Summary: 4 Stars
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a skilled author and an artist with words. She takes you on a magical journey with a time-travel machine. In her book, "Team of Rivals", she took me back to the early 19th century in the rugged days of backwoods Illinois. I see young Abe Lincoln, having lost his mother and sister to tragic illnesses, develop a stoic, yet warm, personality. He wanted an education, but his father worked him mercilessly. When a friend loaned him a book, he was overwhelmed with joy. What a striking contrast to the bored, overindulged, youth of today. We see young Lincoln hone his political skills and wrest the presidential nomination from the frontrunner. We see President Lincoln thrust into a brutal civil war that he had hoped to avoid. Doris Kearns Goodwin paints the scenes and guides you through the story. Sometimes, she puts me not where I want to be, but where she wants me to be. I sometimes mentally protest, but she is the driver and she is a skillful one at that. I would travel with her again without a second thought.
President Obama was influenced by this book and Lincoln's great abilities. He also filled his cabinet with his main rivals. Obama, like Lincoln, has extraordinary interpersonal skills and wisdom. Read this book and see the world as our new president sees it.
Ralph Hermansen July 14. 2009
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