โ Scribed by Goodwin, Doris Kearns
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Intro; Dedication; Foreword; Part I: Ambition and the Recognition of Leadership; Chapter One: Abraham: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition"; Chapter Two: Theodore: "I rose like a rocket"; Chapter Three: Franklin: "No, call me Franklin"; Chapter Four: Lyndon: "A steam engine in pants"; Part II: Adversity and Growth; Chapter Five: Abraham Lincoln: "I must die or be better"; Chapter Six: Theodore Roosevelt: "The light has gone out of my life"; Chapter Seven: Franklin Roosevelt: "Above all, try something"; Chapter Eight: Lyndon Johnson: "The most miserable period of my life."
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