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Originally Posted by pwalker8
While a good book, Team of Rivals does need to be taken with a grain of salt. Goodwin is quite capable of ignoring the parts of history that don't quite match her narrative. She's an excellent writer and an ok historian. Lincoln's team of rivals didn't pull together nearly as well as Goodwin paints it.
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This has come up before, but I'm in favor of boycotting Goodwin because of her history of plagiarism. A plagiarist, absent acknowledgment of malfeasance, responsibility and repentance, loses me for all time. There are too many other books out there; her product isn't uniquely good so as to justify overlooking her transgressions.