"This book adapts material from several books by Doris Kearns Goodwin, including Leadership: In Turbulent Times (Simon & Schuster, 2018), Team of Rivals (Simon & Schuster, 2005), The Bully Pulpit (Simon & Schuster, 2013), No Ordinary Time (Simon & Schuster, 1994), and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream (Harper & Row, 1976)"--Title page verso

"Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Lyndon B. Johnson. They grew up and lived in very different worlds--Lincoln was poor and uneducated, his frontier cabin home deep in the harsh wilderness; Theodore Roosevelt hailed from an elegant home in the heart of New York City and traveled the world with his family; Franklin Roosevelt loved the outdoors surrounding his family's rural estate where he was the center of attention; and Lyndon Johnson's modest childhood home had no electricity or running water but provided a window into Texas politics. So how did each of them do it-rise to become President of the United States? What did these four kids have individually--and have in common--that made them the ones to lead the country through some of its most turbulent times?"--

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