AdvertisementKushner's 'Lincoln' Is Strange, But Also Savvy28:43Download AudioResumeNovember 15, 2012facebookEmailTony Kushner based his screenplay for Lincoln in part on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of the president, Team of Rivals — but he read many other histories and biographies, in addition to Lincoln's own writings. (DreamWorks/Twentieth Century Fox)