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American biographer and historian (born 1943)

Kearns

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator.

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She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of Abraham Lincoln, a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.

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  • Go nextThe Capitol Reef area is a great place to spend the night to make that a 2 day trip from SLC to those parks.

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