Sheesh — all you have to do is get elected president, and every time you mention a book, sales go through the roof. That’s what a New York Times article says, anyway. When President-elect Obama appeared on “60 Minutes” on Sunday, he mentioned that he had been reading books about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Apparently, he wasn’t specific on which books he was reading, and sales of many books on FDR improved.
The one he mentioned that I want to look up is Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln and his Cabinet.