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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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History, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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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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Average rating: 4.27 · 325,208 ratings · 19,839 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 199,349 ratings — published 2005 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II 4.21 avg rating — 46,726 ratings — published 1994 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,969 ratings — published 2013 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s 4.60 avg rating — 15,958 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leadership: In Turbulent Times 4.40 avg rating — 15,782 ratings — published 2018 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wait Till Next Year 4.05 avg rating — 11,559 ratings — published 1997 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream 3.90 avg rating — 5,462 ratings — published 1976 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga 4.25 avg rating — 3,219 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Amy June Bates (illustrator) 4.49 avg rating — 238 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doris Kearns Goodwin on Franklin D. Roosevelt (Character Above All, #1) by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Robert A. Wilson (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
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