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Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
December 18, 2005
Doris Kearns Goodwin historian, 1995 Pulitzer Prize, history
Scott Simon host, Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin explains how the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rose from obscurity to become one of the most significant presidents in this nation's history. Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, moderates.

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