Doris Kearns Goodwin: ‘The robber barons probably thought they were God too’ The presidential biographer on tech titans, what Trump could learn from Lincoln and why she remains optimistic about America

"It’s weird to find solace in the Civil War, or the Great Depression, or the start of World War Two, but my optimistic temperament depends on saying that we'll get through it and emerge stronger." My Lunch with the FT with Doris Kearns Goodwin on eve of Trump's return. www.ft.com/content/2003...

In a new episode of Anderson Cooper's @cnn.com podcast "All There Is," he and Doris discuss how historic figures dealt with grief, and how they have. Doris and her husband Dick went through boxes of his papers and mementos before he died and it changed their lives in ways she never expected.