Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.
Happy 72nd birthday, Doris Kearns Goodwin! The historian has written biographies of American political figures like Lyndon Johnson and Eleanor Roosevelt. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln was cited by President Obama as his favorite book.
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