<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	\
<book id="6994369">
  <id>6994369</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Team of Rivals]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1416549838]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781416549833]]></isbn13>
  <image-url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255724450m/6994369.jpg</image-url>
  
    <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255724450m/6994369.jpg</image_url>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
    <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">2199</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">12</books_count>
  <id type="integer">2861004</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2005</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:4918|5:2724|4:1670|3:450|2:55|1:19|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4918</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">21779</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">10372</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1493</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.43]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[6]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[0]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6994369-team-of-rivals]]></url>
  <authors>
          <author id="1476">
        <name><![CDATA[Doris Kearns Goodwin]]></name>
        <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
        <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1476.Doris_Kearns_Goodwin]]></url>
        <average_rating><![CDATA[4.33]]></average_rating>
        <ratings_count><![CDATA[7237]]></ratings_count>
        <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[1939]]></text_reviews_count>
      </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="10372">
      <review id="15508928">
    <user id="612579">
    <name><![CDATA[Ellis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Midvale, UT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/612579-ellis]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194823468p3/612579.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>10</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="biography" />
          <shelf name="history" />
          <shelf name="nonfiction" />
          <shelf name="politics" />
          <shelf name="pulitzer" />
          <shelf name="war" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Feb 15 12:59:38 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 25 13:20:02 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I would have given this book more stars if I could have.  I think I loved this book so much because Abraham Lincoln was such an absolutely amazing person.  We are all taught that Lincoln was one of America's great presidents, and we know that he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, but he is so muc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15508928">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15508928]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="42593047">
    <user id="1771800">
    <name><![CDATA[Sue]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1771800-sue]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>7</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 10 13:11:25 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 13:24:57 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Put aside whatever you're reading now--yes, even those compelling vampire/romance books--and pick up this book. It's that good. Even though Goodwin is writing about Lincoln's cabinet, her work is eerily contemporary, given Obama's situation. Everyone but a handful of people thought Lincoln had risen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42593047">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42593047]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="23472977">
    <user id="196332">
    <name><![CDATA[Sydney]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/196332-sydney]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196212585p3/196332.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Book review]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 01 18:10:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 01 18:38:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Biographies aren't always boring tomes.  Doris Kearns Goodwin does a magnificent job of detailing how Abraham Lincoln, a lesser known  and ill-positioned candidate captures the Republican party's nomination, goes on to get elected President, and leads America through the tumult of the Civil War.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23472977">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23472977]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="11250587">
    <user id="679473">
    <name><![CDATA[Carol]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Elk Grove, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/679473-carol]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1197493217p3/679473.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Patty Johnson]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 29 20:14:24 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 10 15:58:07 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Team of Rivals was a big undertaking for me at over 750 pages. What a treasure of a book. I had the feeling that you get with a good piece of fiction where you hate for the book to end. I felt like I was there, that I knew Lincoln. What a marvelous man, a moral man, a patient man. There were lessons...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11250587">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11250587]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="26703806">
    <user id="697986">
    <name><![CDATA[Samantha]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Nitro, WV]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/697986-samantha]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206809499p3/697986.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 17 04:21:15 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 08 18:23:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 17 04:21:15 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Don't get me wrong. This is a good book, but it's not as good as I thought it would be or had heard it would be. I expected more from Doris Kearns Goodwin. It didn't go into the political genius as much as I wanted. It details the four men in Lincoln's cabinet that play a major role. It's more about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26703806">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26703806]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="18421953">
    <user id="1015877">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Alpine, UT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1015877-kelly]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216009471p3/1015877.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="biography" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 22 21:45:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat May 31 20:16:17 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[An elegantly crafted epic that is as gripping of a read as a novel: history can be eminently entertaining.  I heard Goodwin interviewed on Radio West and she describes researching this book for 10 years.  She utilizes a richness of primary sources to give the reader the opportunity to know well not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18421953">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18421953]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="44850218">
    <user id="547904">
    <name><![CDATA[Barbara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/547904-barbara]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 30 08:30:20 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 08:35:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for my history book club.  When we chose it last year, we had no idea how timely our choice would be.  We read it during the 2008 election and I saw the author interviewed on several TV news programs.  This turned out to be Barack Obama's handbook.<br/><br/>I have always held Abra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44850218">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44850218]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="40603874">
    <user id="164338">
    <name><![CDATA[MacK]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/164338-mack]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1183463108p3/164338.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">414879</id>
  <isbn>0684824906</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780684824901</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">187</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">62</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174534114m/414879.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414879.Team_of_Rivals</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 21 11:56:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 21 12:34:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I, like many young people, was often frustrated by history class. No matter what how hard I worked, or how much I studied we always seemed to run out of time to cover the really interesting parts of history, and I always felt short changed.<br/><br/>Few time periods frustrated me as much as the Civi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40603874">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40603874]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="38621374">
    <user id="216254">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/216254-sarah]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="2009" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 25 09:39:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 27 12:42:08 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I sort of knew how this book was going to end (spoiler alert!), but I was still sad when Lincoln died.  I picked it up because of all of the Obama hype, and I now understand why a president would want to emulate Lincoln.  But it's one thing to say, this is the kind of man I want to be, and another, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38621374">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38621374]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="36396867">
    <user id="1627983">
    <name><![CDATA[Mahlon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Monterey, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1627983-mahlon]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259689645p3/1627983.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">5572634</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">17</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5572634.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Lincoln coverage on TV]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 28 11:20:29 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 21 17:33:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Most readers would question the need for another Lincoln Biography at this point. After 200 years and numerous Biographies, is there anything new to learn about the man? In Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin answers that question with a resounding yes. Her focus is mainly on Lincoln as political o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36396867">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36396867]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="19226986">
    <user id="993940">
    <name><![CDATA[Dustin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dubois, ID]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/993940-dustin-allison]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1208485839p3/993940.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 01 14:25:35 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 01 15:00:53 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Ever since going to Officer Canidate School in Alabama, I've had a profound desire to learn more about the Civil War, and Abraham Lincoln in particular.  Having grown up in the West, I was shocked by all the animosity exihibited towards Lincoln by my Southern neighbors.  This book, more than any oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19226986">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19226986]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="5886658">
    <user id="362269">
    <name><![CDATA[Rae]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Waukegan, IL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/362269-rae]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Everyone]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 08 05:00:02 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 08 05:47:42 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best historical non-fiction books I've ever read. Doris Kearns Goodwin, who won the Pulitzer, tells the story of perhaps the most unlikely Presidential cabinet ever assembled: that of Abraham Lincoln. He not only brought his own political rivals into the Cabinet, he brought men wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5886658">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5886658]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="18742482">
    <user id="1025264">
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Knoxville, TN]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1025264-michelle]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="autobiography-biographies" />
          <shelf name="my-favorite-books" />
          <shelf name="politics-history" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 27 05:05:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 29 07:53:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I've long admired Abraham Lincoln, but this book increased that admiration by leaps and bounds.  <br/><br/>It's almost ridiculous how politically adept Lincoln was - especially given his childhood, self taught, etc.  It made me (the book) long for another president like Lincoln.  He picked the men...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18742482">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18742482]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="18922690">
    <user id="67425">
    <name><![CDATA[Bill]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/67425-bill]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1178225434p3/67425.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>3</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[every man-jack of you]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 29 10:19:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 06 20:20:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I suspect I am now in love with Lincoln.  <br/><br/>The book convincingly places him in the context of his peers and rivals for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination, then shows how he cannily and selflessly coaxed masterful performances out of each of these men as cabinet members during the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18922690">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18922690]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="38417765">
    <user id="854592">
    <name><![CDATA[Judy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Halifax, VA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/854592-judy]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1256675984p3/854592.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 22 19:01:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 22 19:05:51 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I first read this book the year of its publication, but given the attention that Barack Obama has given it, I decided to reread it.  Still loved it.  There are so many interpretations of Lincoln that it seems impossible that another interpretation could be fitted on the shelves, but Goodwin's view o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38417765">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38417765]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="30809132">
    <user id="1009267">
    <name><![CDATA[Meg]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Springville, UT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1009267-meg]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1206746236p3/1009267.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[the politically inclined]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 21 12:41:44 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 21 12:49:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Probably only a three star for most people--but I love Lincoln so much that it got bumped up.  There are innumerable Abe books out there, but I recommend this one to those of you with an interest in politics.  It's amazing how Lincoln treated his enemies.  Most would destroy them politically.  HE PU...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30809132">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30809132]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="42067184">
    <user id="259767">
    <name><![CDATA[Malachi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/259767-malachi]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 00:51:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 16 16:02:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic and long read. This book has everything to wanted to know about the rise and struggles Abraham Lincoln went through in his presidency. It mainly focuses on him and his cabinet that was filled with political enemies and how they and him helped steer the country during the civil war. The a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42067184">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42067184]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="45928409">
    <user id="931082">
    <name><![CDATA[Arminius]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pottsville, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/931082-arminius]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249861270p3/931082.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 08:17:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 08 05:18:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Team of Rivals<br/><br/>Team of Rivals refers to Abraham Lincoln’s choice of prior adversaries as his presidential cabinet.  The first was the most famous Republican candidate for the 1860 presidential race.  This was William Seward, the Governor of New York.  Seward was a very bright, good stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45928409">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45928409]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="38138273">
    <user id="980318">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/980318-sarah]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1205295913p3/980318.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="favorites" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[History &amp; Political Buffs]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 19 09:38:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 11:46:04 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I completely geeked out over this book. It's a bit slow-going at first, because it covers four families at once (and sometimes the information about Lincoln's rivals is more detailed, simply because their family members kept more diaries) but after becoming obsessed with all things political this ye...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38138273">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38138273]]></url>
</review>
      <review id="35461828">
    <user id="229763">
    <name><![CDATA[Jules]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Palo Alto, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229763-jules]]></url>
    <image><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213226722p3/229763.jpg]]></image>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">2199</id>
  <isbn>0743270754</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780743270755</isbn13>
  <ratings_count type="integer">4630</ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1398</text_reviews_count>
  <title>Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln</title>
  <average_rating>4.43</average_rating>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160801826m/2199.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199.Team_of_Rivals_The_Political_Genius_of_Abraham_Lincoln</link>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 16 09:10:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 29 20:17:41 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It took me a little while to get into this, but once I did, I was hooked. A dense and fascinating read, filled with facts and tidbits about Lincoln's life as well as the lives of the team of rivals that he built to run the country during one of the most challenging times in its history.<br/><br/>G...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35461828">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35461828]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="history" />
          <shelf name="non-fiction" />
          <shelf name="biography" />
          <shelf name="nonfiction" />
          <shelf name="politics" />
          <shelf name="american-history" />
          <shelf name="civil-war" />
          <shelf name="biographies" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link id="1">
  <name><![CDATA[Amazon]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/1?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="3">
  <name><![CDATA[Barnes &amp; Noble]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/3?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="2">
  <name><![CDATA[Half.com]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/2?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="8">
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="4">
  <name><![CDATA[Abebooks]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/4?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="5">
  <name><![CDATA[Alibris]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/5?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="6">
  <name><![CDATA[Powells]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/6?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="7">
  <name><![CDATA[IndieBound]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/7?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="9">
  <name><![CDATA[Indigo.ca]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/9?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link><book_link id="10">
  <name><![CDATA[Audible]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/10?book_id=6994369</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>