Doris Kearns Goodwin's work for President Johnson inspired her career as a presidential historian. Her first book was Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She followed up with the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Homefront in World War II. She earned the Lincoln Prize for Team of Rivals, in part the basis for Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln, and the Carnegie Medal for The Bully Pulpit, about the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. Her bestselling Leadership: In Turbulent Times was the inspiration for the History Channel docuseries on Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, which she executive produced. Her most recent book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, provides a front-row seat to the pivotal people--JFK, LBJ, RFK and MLK--and events of this momentous decade.
"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
"Endlessly absorbing....[A] lovingly rendered and masterfully
fashioned book." --Jay Winik, The Wall Street Journal
"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
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.
"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
"Endlessly absorbing....[A] lovingly rendered and masterfully
fashioned book."
--Jay Winik, The Wall Street Journal
"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
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