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In "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin charts Abraham Lincoln's rise to national political life as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer overcomes his humble beginnings to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president.

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