Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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| Author(s) | Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| Country | U.S. |
| Subject(s) | Abraham Lincoln |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
| Publication date | October 25, 2005 |
| Pages | 944 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-684-82490-6 (hardcover) ISBN 0-7432-7075-4 (paperback) |
| OCLC Number | 61479616 |
| Dewey Decimal | 973.7092 B 22 |
| LC Classification | E457.45 .G66 2005 |
| Preceded by | Every Four Years: Presidential Campaign Coverage |
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a book by historian Doris Kearns Goodwin published in 2005. The book is a biographical portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his Cabinet from 1861 to 1865. Three of his Cabinet members had previously run against Lincoln in the 1860 election: Attorney General Edward Bates, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase and Secretary of State William H. Seward. The book focuses on Lincoln's mostly successful attempts to reconcile conflicting personalities and political factions on the path to abolition and victory in the US Civil War.
[edit] Film adaptation
While consulting on a Steven Spielberg project in 1999, Goodwin told Spielberg she was planning to write Team of Rivals, and Spielberg immediately told her he wanted the film rights.[1] DreamWorks finalized the deal in 2001[2] and the film has been in pre-production since. Daniel Day-Lewis has agreed to play Abraham Lincoln after Liam Neeson withdrew from the project in 2010 after being attached from the start; Tony Kushner has written the screenplay.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Ruben V. Nepales (2008-05-18). "Spielberg may co-direct next with Peter Jackson". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20080518-137261/Spielberg-may-co-direct-next-with-Peter-Jackson. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
- ^ Michael Fleming (2005-01-11). "Lincoln logs in at DreamWorks: Spielberg, Neeson eye Abe pic". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117916168.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/news/ni5632136/
[edit] External links
- 'Team of Rivals': Friends of Abe, New York Times review of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Who's the Boss?, Washington Post review of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- 'Team of Rivals': Lincoln's Political Prowess, NPR story on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, HistoryNet.com review of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln at the Internet Movie Database
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