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Path to Power : The Years of Lyndon Johnson I by Robert A. Caro (1990, Trade Paperback)
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Path to Power : The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Paperback by Caro, Robert A., ISBN 0679729453, ISBN-13 9780679729457, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Traces young Lyndon Johnson's rise from Texas poverty to political power, illuminating his political relationships
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679729453
ISBN-139780679729457
eBay Product ID (ePID)241211
Product Key Features
Book TitlePath to Power : the Years of Lyndon Johnson I
Number of Pages960 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, Political Process / Political Parties, American Government / Executive Branch
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRobert A. Caro
Book SeriesThe Years of Lyndon Johnson Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight40.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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LCCN89-040608
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ReviewsWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award "Proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caro's evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnson's unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually works are---let it be said flat out---at the summit of American historical writing." --Washington Post "A monumental political saga . . . powerful and stirring. It's an overwhelming experience to readThe Path to Power."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,New York Times "Not only a historical but a literary event. An epic biography . . . A sweeping, richly detailed portrait . . . vivid [with] Caro's astonishing concern for the humanity of his characters. An awesome achievement." --Peter S. Prescott,Newsweek "Stands at the pinnacle of the biographical art." --Donald R. Morris,Houston Post "The major biography of recent years. Brilliant . . . Magisterial . . . Caro has given us an American life of compelling fascination. A benchmark beside which other biographies will be measured for some time to come." --Alden Whitman,Los Angeles Herald Examiner "An ineradicable likeness of an American giant. Caro has brought to life a young man so believable and unforgettable that we can hear his heartbeat and touch him." --Henry F. Graff, Professor of History, Columbia University " Epic. A brief review cannot convey the depth, range and detail of this fascinating story. Caro is a meticulous historian. A monument of interpretive biography." --Michael R. Beschloss,Chicago Sun-Times Book Week "Splendid and moving. At this rate Caro's work will eventually acquire Gibbon-like dimensions, and Gibbon-like passion. . . . Caro is a phenomenon . . . an artful writer, with a remarkable power to evoke and characterize politicians, landscapes, relationships. This massive book is almost continually exciting." --Richard Eder,Los Angeles Times "By every measure---depth of research, brilliance of conception, the seamless flow of the prose---it is a masterpiece of biography." --Dan Cryer,Newsday "Extraordinary. A powerful, absorbing, at times awe-inspiring, and often deeply alarming story. A vivid picture of the emergence of one of this century's authentically great politicians." --Alan Brinkley,Boston Sunday Globe "The book races at Johnson's own whirlwind pace. A tour de force that blends relentless detective work, polemical vigor and artful storytelling into the most compelling narrative of American political life sinceAll the King's Men." --Henry Mayer,San Francisco Chronicle "A landmark in American political biography. The definitive life of LBJ. Caro has written a Johnson biography that is richer and fuller and may well be one of the freshest and most revealing studies ever written about a major historical figure." --Steve Neal,Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A masterful narrative on a grand scale, a fascinating portrait of LBJ's activities set against a fully drawn canvas of life in the Texas hill country. By far the most significant Johnson book to appear." --Library Journal "No mere political biography. Caro is on the way to becoming our finest fine-tooth-comb historian." --Jack Goodman,Salt Lake Tribune "Magnificent. For understanding our recent past and the men and policies that brought the country to its present condition and aimed us toward whatever our future is to be, it's an immensely important work." --Bryan Woolley,Dallas Times Herald "This is a watershed book. Caro writes with sweek and passion. From the first sentence I was hooked. All other biographies of Johnson pale in comparison." -- Joseph
Series Volume Number1
Volume NumberVol. 1
SynopsisThe Years of Lyndon Johnson is the political biography of our time. No president--no era of American politics--has been so intensively and sharply examined at a time when so many prime witnesses to hitherto untold or misinterpreted facets of a life, a career, and a period of history could still be persuaded to speak. The Path to Power, Book One, reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and urge to power that set LBJ apart. 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 Country to the triumph of his congressional debut in New Deal Washington, to his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, of the national power for which he hungered. We see in him, from earliest childhood, a fierce, unquenchable necessity to be first, to win, to dominate--coupled with a limitless capacity for hard, unceasing labor in the service of his own ambition. Caro shows us the big, gangling, awkward young Lyndon--raised in one of the country's most desperately poor and isolated areas, his education mediocre at best, his pride stung by his father's slide into failure and financial ruin--lunging for success, moving inexorably toward that ultimate "impossible" goal that he sets for himself years before any friend or enemy suspects what it may be. We watch him, while still at college, instinctively (and ruthlessly) creating the beginnings of the political machine that was to serve him for three decades. We see him employing his extraordinary ability to mesmerize and manipulate powerful older men, to mesmerize (and sometimes almost enslave) useful subordinates. We see him carrying out, before his thirtieth year, his first great political inspiration: tapping-and becoming the political conduit for-the money and influence of the new oil men and contractors who were to grow with him to immense power. We follow, close up, the radical fluctuations of his relationships with the formidable "Mr. Sam" Raybum (who loved him like a son and whom he betrayed) and with FDR himself. And we follow the dramas of his emotional life-the intensities and complications of his relationships with his family, his contemporaries, his girls; his wooing and winning of the shy Lady Bird; his secret love affair, over many years, with the mistress of one of his most ardent and generous supporters . . . Johnson driving his people to the point of exhausted tears, equally merciless with himself . . . Johnson bullying, cajoling, lying, yet inspiring an amazing loyalty . . . Johnson maneuvering to dethrone the unassailable old Jack Garner (then Vice President of the United States) as the New Deal's "connection" in Texas, and seize the power himself . . . Johnson raging . . . Johnson hugging . . . Johnson bringing light and, indeed, life to the worn Hill Country farmers and their old-at-thirty wives via the district's first electric lines. We see him at once unscrupulous, admirable, treacherous, devoted. And we see the country that bred him: the harshness and "nauseating loneliness" of the rural life; the tragic panorama of the Depression; the sudden glow of hope at the dawn of the Age of Roosevelt. And always, in the foreground, on the move, LBJ. 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.
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- 04 Mar, 2019
The truths about LBJ
The research necessary to uncover one of the most enigmatic leaders of my generation is displayed in this biography. As an historian I am cognizant that many authors skip the drudgery of accurate research. Robert Caro has dedicated an entire career to this work, going so far as to move his family to the Texas Hill Country for three years in order to become one with the peers and neighbors of Lyndon Johnson. In this way he was able to expose both the myths and the truths about the legend of LBJ. He also prefaces his narrative with a close examination of the region and geneaology that produced this most ambitious and ruthless politician. The volume is an expose for all Americans to learn from.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 May, 2019
Simply a superb biography
The best biography I have ever read. The author has obviously done his homework! The content is compelling reading about a man I met once briefly while he was recovering from a heart attack. I did not have a very good impression and obviously the author does not either. The early life of LBJ depicts a man who was obviously a leader from his first steps.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Jan, 2023
Excellent I loved
You learn history and how a USA politic workVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Jul, 2023
Worth the read!
An amazing piece of American historyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Apr, 2022
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- 17 May, 2024
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