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Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Doris Kearns Goodwin is an American historian, author, and presidential biographer. Her books examine the leadership and political environments of U.S. presidents, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin D.

Roosevelt, the Roosevelts, and Abraham Lincoln. Her 2005 book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln presents Lincoln's cabinet and political management, while her earlier work No Ordinary Time won the Pulitzer Prize for History.

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What is Doris Kearns Goodwin known for?

Doris Kearns Goodwin is an American historian and presidential biographer known for narrative studies of U.S. political leadership. Her subjects include Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and the Roosevelt family.

What is Team of Rivals about?

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln examines how Lincoln worked with former political opponents such as William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates. The book was published in 2005 and focuses on Lincoln's cabinet and Civil War leadership.

Which book won Doris Kearns Goodwin the Pulitzer Prize?

She won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. That book studies the Roosevelts and the American home front during the Second World War.

Did Doris Kearns Goodwin work directly with a president?

Yes, she worked with Lyndon B. Johnson after serving as a White House Fellow and later helped with his memoir. Her book Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream grew out of that close engagement with Johnson's political life.

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