Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is best biographical portrait of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his cabinet from 1861 to 1865 by Doris Kearns Goodwin, published in 2005.

Author’s sixth book, Team of Rivals received by critics and won the 2006 Lincoln Prize and therefore the inaugural Book Prize for American History of the New-York Historical Society. US President Barack Obama cited it together of his favorite books and said to possess used it as a model for constructing his own cabinet. In 2012, a Spielberg film supported the book was released to critical acclaim. You can download from below and buy from amazon if you want.

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