This goo was worth a point in April 2024.

publication date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (part of April 2024)

category: Literature

clue: When I find myself in times of turbulence, a team of rivals comes to me, speaking World War wisdom: "Wait till next year."

explanation: Kearns Goodwin is a renowned historian and biographer who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1995. Her works include Leadership in Turbulent Times (2018), Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (2005), No Ordinary Time: Franklink and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II (1994), and her own memoir, Wait Till Next Year (1997). more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, and Samir Mehta


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