New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A massive, but well-researched, well-written and innovative look at Lincoln's political abilities by this Pulitzer Prize winning author - an account of how Lincoln brought his former rivals into his cabinet and used their political gifts to preserve the Union during the Civil War. Photographs. Extensive notes, index. 916 pp. ISBN: 0-684824906.