The Leadership Journey

By Doris Kearns Goodwin, Amy June Bates (Illustrator)

Discover how four diverse childhoods shaped future U.S. Presidents.

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Explore the unique journeys of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson from their varied childhoods to the presidency. What traits and experiences propelled them to lead America through its most challenging times? Uncover the secrets behind their rise to power and the common threads that united these iconic leaders despite their different beginnings.

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A New York Times bestseller! From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and leading historian Doris Kearns Goodwin comes an essential middle grade guide to Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and how they became leaders. All four presidents profiled grew up and lived in very different worlds–Lincoln was poor and self-educated; Theodore Roosevelt hailed from an elegant home in the heart of New York City; Franklin Roosevelt loved the outdoors surrounding his family’s rural estate; and Lyndon Johnson’s modest childhood home had no electricity or running water. 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 catapulted them to lead America through some of its most turbulent times?

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