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Years of Lyndon Johnson volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil...
Author
Series
Years of Lyndon Johnson volume 2
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Volume two is an examination of the life of American president Lyndon B. Johnson, focusing on the seven years between 1941 and 1948, a period in which his race for power was stalled; discussing his reported lack of interest in his work in the House of Representatives, the genesis of his fortune, his service in the U.S. Navy, and his controversial election to the Senate.
Author
Series
Years of Lyndon Johnson volume 3
Language
English
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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.
At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had...
At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had...
Author
Series
Years of Lyndon Johnson volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990, c1982
Language
English
Description
Chronicling the startling early emergence of Johnson's political genius, it follows him from his Texas boyhood through the years of the Depression in the Texas Hill coutry to his congressional debut.
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Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
℗2013
Language
English
Description
Lyndon B. Johnson's path to the White House began as an impoverished youth in Texas. Listen to the story of the near superhuman ambition, energy and determination as he begins his path as a child of the Depression to his first win as a Congressman. From his crushing defeat for Senate, to his reaching of his goal for power at age 31.
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