But whereas Eleanor could carry half of the public side of the story during World War II, Mary could not do that for the Civil War.Īs I did more research, I discovered that Lincoln was spending more time with his cabinet members than with Mary. I wanted to look at the relationship between Abe and Mary Lincoln, as I had done with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in No Ordinary Time. When you choose a topic for a book, you have to choose someone or something that you want to live with for a long, long time.Īt first, I started down a path that didn't work out. Initially, all I knew was that I wanted to learn about Lincoln and the Civil War. How did you come up with the idea for this book? She is also the author of Wait Till Next Year, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in history for No Ordinary Time, which examines Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the home front during World War II. In Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin explores the extraordinary array of personal qualities that allowed Lincoln first to appoint, then to win over, men who had previously opposed him, and reveals how Lincoln's bold and brilliant actions helped him steer the country through its darkest days. Perhaps equally surprising was what Lincoln did after being elected President: He appointed all three rivals to his cabinet-Seward as secretary of state, Chase as secretary of the treasury, and Bates as attorney general. Chase, and Edward Bates-to win the Republican nomination for President. In 1860, prairie lawyer and former one-term congressman Abraham Lincoln stunned the country by prevailing over three prominent rivals-William H.
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