Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in her New York Times bestseller, as she chronicles the rise of the one-term congressman/prairie lawyer from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. 16 pages of photos.

"Splendid, beautifully written....Goodwin has brilliantly woven scores of contemporary accounts...into a fluid narrative....This is the most richly detailed account of the Civil War presidency to appear in many years." – John Rhodehamel, Los Angeles Times