Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (abridged) by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Published by Simon and Schuster in 2005 Read by Richard Thomas Duration: 9 hours, 29 minutes Abridged This is technically a re-read of Team of Rivals for me. I read the original 944 page hardcover book (see my review by clicking here ) and I have marveled when I have seen the 41+ hour unabridged version at the library. I love audiobooks but that is a commitment that I am not prepared to make. William Seward (1801-1872), Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State But, this abridgment is a very reasonable length and gives the listener a solid grasp of the political talents of Lincoln and some of what he faced. While the book does not cover all of his difficulties, it does a solid job of presenting the relationship between William Seward and Lincoln, George McClellan and Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and Lincoln and Salmon P. Chase and Lincoln. Those were his most important relationships in the cabinet and they were all very different. Two became great allies (one after a bit of