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Doris Kearns Goodwin


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in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
January 04, 1943

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Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of "Abraham Lincoln", a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times. ...more

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Team of Rivals: The Politic...

4.29 avg rating — 194,199 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin ...

4.20 avg rating — 46,101 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore ...

4.15 avg rating — 23,403 ratings — published 2013 — 43 editions
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Leadership: In Turbulent Times

4.40 avg rating — 15,244 ratings — published 2018 — 38 editions
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An Unfinished Love Story: A...

4.63 avg rating — 12,268 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions
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Wait Till Next Year

4.06 avg rating — 10,777 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Lyndon Johnson and the Amer...

3.89 avg rating — 5,227 ratings — published 1976 — 32 editions
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The Fitzgeralds and the Ken...

4.25 avg rating — 3,175 ratings — published 1987 — 14 editions
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The Leadership Journey: How...

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“Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin

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