By the end of the first term, enough divisions obtained within and without the White House that it looked as if Lincoln would not be reelected-whereupon he demanded that his secretaries sign a resolution 'committing the administration to devote all its powers and energies to help bring the war to a successful conclusion,' the idea being that only a Democrat would accept a negotiated peace. Goodwin indicates that Lincoln knew that war was coming, and he knew why: He'd been vigorously opposed to slavery for his entire public career. It was smart politicking to recruit erstwhile opponents Salmon Chase and William Seward, who had very different ideas on most things but who nonetheless served Lincoln loyally. Derived from a Kirkus review: Goodwin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history, examines Abraham Lincoln as a practical politician, focusing on his conversion of rivals to allies. Her first book Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, which drew upon her conversations with the late president became a New York Times bestseller and provided a launching pad for her literary career. After Johnson left office in 1969, she assisted Johnson in drafting his memoirs. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln and The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Goodwin has written biographies of several U.S. Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, and commentator. Nice inscription signed by the author on fep. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription. Pages are clean with occasional black and white photographs throughout. Gold lettering on spine is shiny and legible. Boards have been well protected by DJ and are neat and tidy. Black and white photograph of the author on rear flap of DJ. $35.00/Can $48.00 price at top right corner of front flap of DJ. Silver 'Autographed' sticker on front cover of DJ right above authors name. DJ has very light shelf wear at top and bottom edges. Black and white photographs of Abraham Lincoln.

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