GDG- Lincoln books

[JM]

I agree with your comments.  In addition, it develops Lincoln's character.  In some of the later events, it really does show his political genius as well as his ability to forgive political duplicity to attain other goals. It is a truly excellant book.

Joyce Mader

Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at charter.net> wrote: Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


I finally began reading _Team of Rivals_ about a week ago, and am about a 
third of the way through. Lincoln has just been nominated. It is an 
enjoyable read, being very well written. My impression thus far is that its 
main contribution is the parallel tracing of the lives and careers of 
Seward, Chase, and Bates alongside that of Lincoln. This has given me a much 
better sense of these men, and through them the political landscape of 
antebellum America in the North and West. I think that Goodwin handles the 
intimate personal material of these people's lives very well. She also 
provides interesting and insightful portraits of the women in these men's 
lives, such as Frances Seward and Kate Chase.

Marc

----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 11:06 AM
Subject: GDG- Lincoln books


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> To follow up on this general topic, this morning Book-tv repeated Doris
> Kearns Goodwin"s discussion of her book "Team of Rivals" that C-SPAN
> recorded at the Book Festival on the Mall in D.C. a few months ago.  She
> drew a packed audience into the tent, and delivered a basically
> extemporaneous presentation with clarity and passion.  She physically 
> looked
> a little wasted, but that might have been from fatigue caused by the book
> tour.
>
> The book is still in my growing pile of "got to get to soon" reading 
> matter.
> The comments on this forum as I recall have been uniformly positive, so I
> better move it to the top soon to find out what the hubbub is all about.
>
> Tom Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
> [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]On Behalf Of James Cameron
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:50 AM
> To: GDG
> Subject: Re: GDG- Winter Stomp
>
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> << On another subject, this morning on Book TV, James Simon talked about 
> his
> new book called "Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and
> the President's War Powers."  The author discussed the three issues listed
> in the title, and more than once commented that Lincoln would not have 
> been
> elected president escept for Roger Taney's written opinion in the Dred 
> Scott
> case.  He tied the decision to the Lincoln-Douglas debates that led to
> national recognition for Lincoln, even though he lost the Senate race to
> Douglas in 1858.
>
> Is this book on anyone's radar screen yet?
>
> Tom Ryan >>
>
> No, it has not, so I can't comment in any informed manner on the author's
> contention.  That said, I tend to be skeptical about anything which 
> attempts
> to attribute a result which was influenced by so many factors, such as
> Lincoiln's election, to a single "but for" such as Taney's Dred Scott
> opinion.
>
> I am currently reading "An Honest Calling", on Lincoln's law practice, by
> Mark Steiner.  I'm not that deep into it yet, and thus far it has been as
> much about the state of mid-19th century legal education and practice in
> general, including how it related to Whig politics, as about Lincoln's own
> practice in particular.
>
>
> Jim Cameron
>
>
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