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Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin's touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. She re-creates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. We meet the people who most influenced Goodwin's early life: her mother, who taught her the joy of books but whose debilitating illness left her housebound: and her father, who taught her the joy of baseball and to root for the Dodgers of Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, and Gil Hodges. Most important, Goodwin describes with eloquence how the Dodgers' leaving Brooklyn in 1957, and the death of her mother soon after, marked both the end of an era and, for her, the end of childhood.
The bestselling and prize-winning study of one of the most
legendary American Presidents in history, Team of Rivals by Doris
Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his
presidency. 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 rival 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 'I have not enjoyed a history book as
much for years' Robert Harris Doris Kearns Goodwin is the doyenne
of US presidential historians, and one of the most acclaimed
non-fiction authors in the world. Her works include Lyndon Johnson
and the American Dream, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An
American Saga, and No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for History in
1995.
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.
Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded was the result of a character that had been forged by life experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because hepossessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires.
This capacity enabled President Lincoln to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to preserve the Union and win the war.
No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines--Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.
Winner of the Lincoln Prize
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's
political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term
congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over
three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates,
and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from
the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged
as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.
Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the
presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to
secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin
demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by
experiences that raised him above his more privileged and
accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an 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 capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his
disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in
history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the
Union and winning the war.
We view the long, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White
House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals, hostile
congressmen, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles
by winning the respect of his former competitors, and in the case
of Seward, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through.
This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery
of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the
nation's history.
"No Ordinary Time" is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived
chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in
the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection
of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number
of story lines--Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable
partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House
and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin
effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable
and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the
time during which a new, modern America was born.
The scene of John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford's
Theatre is among the most vivid and indelible images in American
history. The literal story of what happened on April 14, 1865, is
familiar: Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth, a lunatic
enraged by the Union victory and the prospect of black citizenship.
Yet who Booth really was--besides a killer--is less well known. The
magnitude of his crime has obscured for generations a startling
personal story that was integral to his motivation.
"My Thoughts Be Bloody, "a sweeping family saga, revives an
extraordinary figure whose name has been missing, until now, from
the story of President Lincoln's death. Edwin Booth, John Wilkes's
older brother by four years, was in his day the biggest star of the
American stage. He won his celebrity at the precocious age of
nineteen, before the Civil War began, when John Wilkes was a
schoolboy. Without an account of Edwin Booth, author Nora Titone
argues, the real story of Lincoln's assassin has never been told.
Using an array of private letters, diaries, and reminiscences of
the Booth family, Titone has uncovered a hidden history that
reveals the reasons why John Wilkes Booth became this country's
most notorious assassin.
These ambitious brothers, born to theatrical parents, enacted a
tale of mutual jealousy and resentment worthy of a Shakespearean
tragedy. From childhood, the stage-struck brothers were rivals for
the approval of their father, legendary British actor Junius Brutus
Booth. After his death, Edwin and John Wilkes were locked in a
fierce contest to claim his legacy of fame. This strange family
history and powerful sibling rivalry were the crucibles of John
Wilkes's character, exacerbating his political passions and driving
him into a life of conspiracy.
To re-create the lost world of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, this
book takes readers on a panoramic tour of nineteenth-century
America, from the streets of 1840s Baltimore to the gold fields of
California, from the jungles of the Isthmus of Panama to the
glittering mansions of Gilded Age New York. Edwin, ruthlessly
competitive and gifted, did everything he could to lock his younger
brother out of the theatrical game. As he came of age, John Wilkes
found his plans for stardom thwarted by his older sibling's
meteoric rise. Their divergent paths--Edwin's an upward race to
riches and social prominence, and John's a downward spiral into
failure and obscurity--kept pace with the hardening of their
opposite political views and their mutual dislike.
The details of the conspiracy to kill Lincoln have been well
documented elsewhere. "My Thoughts Be Bloody "tells a new story,
one that explains for the first time why Lincoln's assassin decided
to conspire against the president in the first place, and sets that
decision in the context of a bitterly divided family--and nation.
By the end of this riveting journey, readers will see Abraham
Lincoln's death less as the result of the war between the North and
South and more as the climax of a dark struggle between two
brothers who never wore the uniform of soldiers, except on stage.
In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in
presidential history, Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating
exploration of the origin, uncertain growth, and finally, the
exercise of fully developed leadership. Are leaders born or made?
Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth
of leadership? Does the man make the times or does the times make
the man? In Leadership Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents
she has studied - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized
leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized as
leaders by others. By looking back to their first entry into public
life, when their paths were filled with confusion, hope, and fear,
we can share their struggles and follow their development into
leaders. Leadership tells the story of how they all collided with
dramatic reversals that disrupted their lives and threatened to
forever shatter their ambitions. Nonetheless, they all emerged
fitted to confront the contours and dilemmas of their times. No
common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set
apart in background, abilities and temperament, they shared a
fierce ambition, a hunger to succeed beyond expectations. All four,
at their best, were guided by a sense of moral purpose that led
them at moments of great challenge to summon their talents to
enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. This seminal work
provides a roadmap for aspiring and established leaders. In today's
polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in time of
surpassing fracture and fear take on a singular urgency.
(Previously published as: 'Leadership: Lessons from the Presidents
for Turbulent Times')
As America's leading expert on the Presidency and an adviser to
presidents from Harry S Truman to Bill Clinton, Richard E. Neustadt
was ""the most penetrating analyst of power since Machiavelli,"" as
Guardian of the Presidency makes clear. In this inspirational book,
Neustadt's former colleagues and students celebrate the rich and
diverse contributions he made to political and academic life in the
United States and beyond. JFK confidant Ted Sorensen, the late
historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Harrison Wellford, formerly of
the Office of Management and Budget, and Matthew Dickinson focus on
his role as a White House adviser. Newsweek's Jonathan Alter
highlights Neustadt's ability to interpret the Presidency for the
outside world. Fellow scholars Ernest May, Charles O. Jones, Harvey
Fineberg, and Graham Allison analyze his legacy as an educator and
founding director of Harvard's Institute of Politics. Anthony King
(Britain at the Polls) and Eric Redman (The Dance of Legislation)
discuss his work in the United Kingdom and Brazil. Former Vice
President Al Gore offers an appreciation of Neustadt's influence on
generations of students. The book concludes with Elizabeth
Neustadt's personal reflections about her father.
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