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Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

This year in lieu of Thursday meetings, discussion is encouraged in the comments section of the Team Of Rivals One-Stop Blog.

From the front flap: 

Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln’s political genius as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry.  That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. Team of Rivals tells the biography of these four men and their ability work together through one of the darkest eras of America’s history.

Events

Wednesday, October 21st - Convocation for an American History Primer with Dr. David Woodard
March (date still to be determined) - Convocation with Art Show