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Team of rivals

the political genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Buch

Englisch

Goodwin, Doris Kearns (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Simon & Schuster Lincoln library

Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

New York

2012

xix, 916 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten

1-4516-8809-1

978-1-4516-8809-2

Includes bibliographical references (pages 759-880) and index

Biografie
USA
Lincoln
Abraham

pt. 1. The rivals. -- Four men waiting -- The "longing to rise" -- The lure of politics -- "Plunder & conquest" -- The turbulent fifties -- The gathering storm -- Countdown to the nomination -- Showdown in Chicago -- "A man knows his own name" -- "An intensified crossword puzzle" -- "I am now public property" -- pt. 2. Master among men. -- "Mystic chords of memory": Spring 1861 -- "The ball has opened": Summer 1861 -- "I do not intend to be sacrificed": Fall 1861 -- "My boy is gone": Winter 1862 -- "He was simply out-generaled": Spring 1862 -- "We are in the depths": Summer 1862 -- "My word is out": Fall 1862 -- "Fire in the rear": Winter-Spring 1863 -- "The tycoon is in fine whack": Summer 1863 -- "I feel trouble in the air": Summer-Fall 1863 -- "Still in wild water": Fall 1863 -- "There's a man in it!": Winter-Spring 1864 -- "Atlanta is ours": Summer-Fall 1864 -- "A sacred effort": Winter 1864-1865 -- The final weeks: Spring 1865.