The years of Lyndon Johnson. Volume 1, The path to power
Caro, Robert A.2019
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`The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account of power, political genius and the shaping of twentieth-century America. `The greatest biography of our era . Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account of power, political genius and the shaping of twentieth-century America.This first instalment tells of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country, revealing in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy and ambition that set LBJ apart. It charts his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as a Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate and his attainment, nonetheless, at the age of thirty-one of the power for which he hungered.
Main title:
The years of Lyndon Johnson. Volume 1, The path to power / Robert A. Caro.
Author:
Caro, Robert A., author
Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2019.
Collation:
xxi, 882 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), 1 map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Collins, 1982.Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847926159 (paperback)
Dewey class:
973.923092B JOH
Language:
English
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Subject:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973Presidents -- United States -- BiographyBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseBiography: historical, political & militaryPolitics & governmentGeneral & world historyHistoryHistory of the AmericasPolitical leaders & leadershipUnited States of America, USA20th century, c 1900 to c 1999United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
BRN:
378608