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020			_a9780141043722
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100			_aGoodwin, Doris Kearns
245			_aTeam of rivals : _bthe political genius of Abraham Lincoln / _cDoris Kearns Goodwin
260			_aIndia _bPenguin Random House _c2009
300			_a916 p.
365			_aINR _b799.00.
440			_aSimon and Schuster Lincoln library.
500			_aThese multiple biographies are centred on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his opponents were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery led inexorably to civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was because of his 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 that enabled Lincoln to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union.
650			_aLincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865.
650			_aLincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates.
650			_aPolitical leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
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