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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of the runaway bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. She won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II and is also the author of the bestsellers Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband, Richard N. Goodwin.

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No Ordinary Time will be released on October 01, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk
Jun 18, 2013
The Bully Pulpit will be released on October 01, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
Jun 18, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from No Ordinary Time
Oct 19, 2012
Team of Rivals will be released on October 16, 2012 in Trade Paperback, Compact Disk
Oct 16, 2012
Team of Rivals is now available in Trade Paperback, Compact Disk
Oct 16, 2012
Team of Rivals will be released on October 16, 2012 in Compact Disk
Oct 16, 2012
Team of Rivals is now available in Compact Disk
Oct 16, 2012
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Team of Rivals
Jul 20, 2012
No Ordinary Time will be released on March 15, 2011 in eAudio
Mar 15, 2011
No Ordinary Time is now available in eAudio
Mar 15, 2011
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St. Petersburg Times, June 6, 2013
...Here's what some of the authors at BEA had to say about books, theirs and others: Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, on her book The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism: "It may seem an odd profession to...
Atlantic Monthly, June 4, 2013
...   But there were a host of other celebrity authors on hand from publishers large and small  including Doris Kearns Goodwin,  Elizabeth Gilbert, Wally Lamb, Chris Mathews and many more, supporting the notion that books are streaming forth to...
The Destin Log, June 4, 2013
...book chosen for the month of June is “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. For more information about book clubs, contact Tina Kaple at the Destin Library at 850-837-8572...
Huffington Post, June 3, 2013
...come prepared, like the girl I saw take a yogurt out of her bag in the middle of Doris Kearns Goodwin's speech. Something to keep in mind: BYO breakfast. Also, don't drink the orange juice. It's like Tang, but bad. • Be nice to people--you never...
Washington Post, June 2, 2013
...Javits Convention Center, and it appreciated in ways large and small. Speeches by such top names as historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and young adult author Veronica Roth drew the largest audiences, but more private conversations some arranged, some...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 2, 2013
...agents and librarians for the industry's annual national convention, BookExpo America. Featured speakers were to include historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, "Bridget Jones" novelist Helen Fielding and a star among teens, "Divergent" author Veronica Roth...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 31, 2013
...hes written a novel, Radiance of Tomorrow (also Sarah Crichton) about the after-effects of war. From Pulitzer Prizewinner Doris Kearns Goodwin comes The Bully Pulpit (Simon & Schuster), about Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and American...
Macworld, June 7, 2013
...and applications,” he said. To give the issue context, Cerf talked about the effort it took for historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to produce her book about President Lincoln’s administration, Team of Rivals. She went to more than 100 libraries and...
Isthmus Daily Page, June 7, 2013
...Day Lewis & Sally Field, and Directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many...
Your News Now, June 6, 2013
...of State, lived here. His home has received increased visits since the Steven Spielberg movie "Lincoln" and the Doris Kearns Goodwin book "Team of Rivals." There's hope the designation of the Harriet Tubman Home as a national park will add to history...
Examiner.com, June 6, 2013
...and experiences. But it is the input of some of the more unexpected voices, such as noted historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and “regular fan” Matt Damon whose movie “Rounders” was such a catalyst for the poker boom, that show how poker is not just...
St. Petersburg Times, June 6, 2013
...Here's what some of the authors at BEA had to say about books, theirs and others: Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, on her book The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism: "It may seem an odd profession to...
Bloomberg, June 6, 2013
...it through phenomenal discord. In fact, Lincoln is one of our personal favorite leaders. But his acclaimed biographer, Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of A Team of Rivals In a 2009 HBR interview Goodwin was fast to point out Lincoln's tremendous gift of...
Detroit Free Press, June 5, 2013
...On June 30, it plans a commemorative service featuring a military orchestra, country music singers and Lincoln historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. July 1 is a Salute to the States event. July 3 is Picketts Charge Commemorative March, the first time theyve...