The years of Lyndon Johnson

The years of Lyndon Johnson /

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Traces Johnson's life from his Texas childhood through his rise to political power and his successful 1948 senatorial campaign.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caro, Robert A.
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A . Knopf, 1982-2012.
Subjects:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973
Presidents > United States > Biography
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. The path to power (c1982)
  • v. 2. Means of ascent (c1990)
  • v. 3. Master of the Senate (c2002)
  • v. 4. Passage of power (c2012).
  • v. 1. The path to power. pt. 1. The trap
  • The Bunton strain
  • The people's party
  • The Johnson strut
  • The father and mother
  • The son
  • "The best man I ever knew"
  • "The bottom of the heap"
  • pt. 2. Escape
  • "Bull" Johnson
  • The rich man's daughter
  • Cotulla
  • White stars and black stars
  • "A very unusual ability"
  • pt. 3. Sowing
  • On his way
  • The New Deal
  • The boss of the little Congress
  • In tune
  • Lady Bird
  • Rayburn
  • "Put them to work!"
  • The dam
  • pt. 4. Reaping
  • The first campaign
  • From the forks of the creeks
  • Galveston
  • Balancing the books
  • Longlea
  • The tenth district
  • The sad irons
  • "I'll get it for you"
  • pt. 5. New fields
  • Mr. Johnson goes to Washington
  • A contract and three telegrams
  • Campaign committee
  • The Munsey Building
  • Through the back door
  • pt. 6. Defeat
  • "Pass the biscuits, Pappy"
  • "I want to see Lyndon"
  • "Mister Speaker"
  • The "perfect Roosevelt man".
  • v. 2. Means of ascent. Ends and means
  • pt. 1. "Too slow"
  • Going back
  • All quiet on the Western front
  • In the Pacific
  • Lady Bird
  • Marking time
  • Buying and selling
  • One of a crowd
  • pt. 2. The old and the new
  • The story of Coke Stevenson
  • Head start
  • "Will!"
  • The flying windmill
  • All or nothing
  • The stealing
  • Lists of names
  • Qualities of leadership
  • The making of a legend
  • A love story
  • Three rings.
  • v. 3. The presence of fire
  • pt. 1. The dam. The desks of the Senate
  • "Great things are underway!"
  • Seniority and the South
  • pt. 2. Learning. A hard path
  • The path ahead
  • "The right size"
  • A Russell of the Russells of Georgia
  • "We of the South"
  • Thirtieth place
  • Lyndon Johnson and the liberal
  • The hearing
  • The debate
  • "No time for a siesta"
  • Out of the crowd
  • pt. 3. Looking for it. No choice
  • The general and the senator
  • The "nothing job"
  • The Johnson ranch
  • The orator of the dawn
  • Gettysburg
  • The whole stack
  • pt. 4. Using it. Masterstrokes
  • Tail-gunner Joe
  • The "Johnson rule"
  • The leader
  • "Zip, zip"
  • "Go ahead with the blue"
  • Memories
  • The program with a heart
  • pt. 5. The great cause. The rising tide
  • The compassion of Lyndon Johnson
  • "Proud to be of assistance"
  • Footsteps
  • Finesses
  • Convention
  • Choices
  • The "working up"
  • Hells Canyon
  • "You do it"
  • Yeas and nays
  • Omens
  • pt. 6. After the battle. Three more years
  • The last caucus.
  • v. 4. Passage of power. "What the hell's the presidency for?"
  • pt. 1. Johnson vs. Kennedy : 1960. The prediction
  • The rich man's son
  • Forging chains
  • The back stairs
  • The "LBJ Special"
  • pt. 2. "Rufus Cornpone". "Power is where power goes"
  • Genuine warmth
  • "Cut"
  • Gestures and tactics
  • The protégé
  • pt. 3. Dallas. The cubicle
  • Taking charge
  • pt. 4. Taking command. Aboard Air Force One
  • Three encounters
  • The drums
  • pt. 5. To become a president. EOB 274
  • The Warren Commission
  • The Southern strategy
  • "Old Harry"
  • "The Johnsons in Johnson City"
  • Serenity
  • "Old Harry" II
  • In the books of law
  • Defeating despair
  • Hammer blows
  • Long enough.

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