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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

History

Goodwin's narrative of how Lincoln staffed his cabinet with the men who had run against him for the presidency, then bound them into a working government. Butterfield has called it among the best historical books he has ever read.

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  • Stewart Butterfield
    “'Team of Rivals' is among the best historical books I've ever read (take that, Herodotus). @DorisKGoodwin. Bless you.”

    Butterfield's May 2013 tweet praising Goodwin's Lincoln biography.

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  • Bill Gates

    Recommended on Gates's Read This Twice profile.

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