Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote

Chance had placed him in the catapult and now it was up to the vagaries of history to cut the catapult’s rope.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Chance had placed him in the catapult and now it was up to the vagaries of history to cut the catapult’s rope.

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About Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. 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.