Lincoln
Steven Spielberg, 2012
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005
Lincoln is a movie directed by Steven Spielberg in 2012 and inspired by the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, first published in 2005. The movie features Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and others.
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Storyline
In January 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war and that the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will be defeated by the returning slave states.
Movie vs Book
Year
2012
Minutes
150
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
2005
Pages
916
Book Rate
8.54
S: Goodreads
Book
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Country: USA
First published in: 2005
Length: 916 pages
Genre: Biography
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