Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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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. The New York Times - Michiko Kakutani … Ms. Goodwin's narrative abilities, demonstrated in her earlier books, are on full display here, and she does an enthralling job of dramatizing such crucial moments in Lincoln's life as his nomination as the Republican Party's presidential candidate, his delivery of the Gettysburg address, his shepherding of the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) through Congress, and his assassination, days after General Lee's surrender. She shows how Lincoln's friendships with Seward and his secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton, indelibly shaped his presidency, and how his masterly ability to balance factions within his own administration helped him to keep radicals and moderates, abolitionists and northern Democrats behind the Union cause.
Contents Maps and Diagrams IntroductionPart I THE RIVALS 1 Four Men Waiting 2 The "Longing to Rise" 3 The Lure of Politics 4 "Plunder & Conquest" 5 The Turbulent Fifties 6 The Gathering Storm 7 Countdown to the Nomination 8 Showdown in Chicago 9 "A Man Knows His Own Name" 10 "An Intensified Crossword Puzzle" 11 "I Am Now Public Property"Part II MASTER AMONG MEN 12 "Mystic Chords of Memory": Spring 1861 13 "The Ball Has Opened": Summer 1861 14 "I Do Not Intend to Be Sacrificed": Fall 1861 15 "My Boy Is Gone": Winter 1862 16 "He Was Simply Out-Generaled": Spring 1862 17 "We Are in the Depths": Summer 1862 18 "My Word Is Out": Fall 1862 19 "Fire in the Rear": Winter-Spring 1863 20 "The Tycoon Is in Fine Whack": Summer 1863 21 "I Feel Trouble in the Air": Summer-Fall 1863 22 "Still in Wild Water": Fall 1863 23 "There's a Man in It!": Winter-Spring 1864 24 "Atlanta Is Ours": Summer-Fall 1864 25 "A Sacred Effort": Winter 1864-1865 26 The Final Weeks: Spring 1865 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Illustration Credits Index
