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  • Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Presidential Biographies

    From America’s “Historian-in-Chief” (New York magazine), The Presidential Biographies boxed set—featuring the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s beloved and bestselling biographies No Ordinary Time, Team of Rivals, and The Bully Pulpit.

    After five decades of acclaimed studies of the presidency, Doris Kearns Goodwin stands as America’s premier presidential historian. Now, for the first time, her three most esteemed books are collected in one beautiful box set.

    No Ordinary Time:

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, No Ordinary Time relates the story of how Franklin D. Roosevelt, surrounded by a small circle of intimates, led the nation to victory in World War II and with Eleanor’s essential help, changed the fabric of American society.

    Team of Rivals:

    The landmark biography of Abraham Lincoln, adapted by Steven Spielberg into the Academy Award-winning film Lincoln, and winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize,

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  • My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

    George Washington:Washington: A Life () by Ron ChernowREVIEW (5 stars)Washington: The Indispensable Man () by James FlexnerREVIEW (4 stars)His Excellency: George Washington () by Joseph EllisREVIEW (4 stars)Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman (Richard Harwell&#;s abridgment)REVIEW (3 stars)The Ascent of George Washington () by John FerlingREVIEW (3 stars)Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation () by Richard Norton SmithREVIEW (3 stars)James Flexner&#;s four-volume series:George Washington: The Forge of Experience  ()REVIEW (3¾ stars)George Washington in the American Revolution  ()REVIEW (4½ stars)George Washington and the New Nation  ()REVIEW (4½ stars)George Washington: Anguish and Farewell  ()REVIEW (4½ stars)***SUMMARY REVIEW: The Best Biographies of George Washington***Follow-Up:George Washington: A Biography by Wash

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