Team of Rivals
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Team of Rivals
| Full title | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln |
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| Author | Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| Published | 2005 |
| Pages | 916 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Goodwin’s group biography of Lincoln and the three men he beat for the 1860 nomination and then put in his cabinet — Seward, Chase and Bates — read as a study in managing people who believe they should have the job. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Amazon Books at Washington Square, Tigard — November 2017 (Books photo album)
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Spotted at the Strand, New York — January 2023 (Books photo album)
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The replies to @typesfast — named in the thread asking “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (June 2025); the full set of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Abraham Lincoln — the subject.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.