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There are countless books on Lyndon Johnson, and it comes with good reason, upon being sworn in as America’s thirty-sixth President following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, he began building out his vision of “A Great Society” for the American people.
Jan 5, 2018 · The first one-third of the book (~250 pages) is about as good as a biography can be, the numerous mini-biographies (of supporting characters) are uniformly excellent and no reader will finish this book without becoming fully immersed in LBJ’s early life. — 4½ stars (Full review here)
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Feb 17, 1990 · Here is Lyndon Johnson—his Texas, his Washington, his America—in a book that brings us as close as we have ever been to a true perception of political genius and the American political process.
- James T. Patterson
- $17.49
- Vintage
Mar 26, 2019 · Hailed by the New York Times as “the most penetrating, fascinating political biography I have ever read,” Doris Kearns Goodwin’s extraordinary and insightful book draws from meticulous research in addition to the author’s time spent working at the White House from 1967 to 1969.
Jan 1, 2001 · Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War & other defining moments the tumultuous '60s, is a monument in political biography.
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- Paperback
Book 1-4. The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set: The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power. by Robert A. Caro. 4.68 · 288 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2013 · 1 edition. The political biography of our time, now available….
Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate.