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The 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 … His father, Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., had been a member of the Texas House and had recently lost several thousand dollars speculating in cotton. .p13n-sc-grid-four-pack{content:"";display:table;clear:both;width:100%;border-top:solid #fff 1px}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-no-border{border-top:none}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-header{padding-left:15px}div.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-container{width:50%;height:190px;float:left;box-sizing:border-box;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;position:relative;margin-bottom:0;overflow:hidden}div.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-container-left{border-right:solid #fff 1px;border-bottom:solid #fff 1px}div.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-container-right{border-bottom:solid #fff 1px}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout{background-image:url(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/p13n-sc/loader._V327848335_.gif);background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;height:100%;position:relative}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-link{display:block;width:100%;height:100%;opacity:0}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-image{position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;max-width:none}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-title-container{display:table;z-index:5;position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;height:58px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.8)}.p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout-title{display:table-cell;font-size:13px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 10px;color:#fff}.gwPromo{border-color:#FFF}.gwPromo .p13n-sc-grid-four-pack-faceout{height:190px} . #shoppingLens_feature_div{position:relative}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensIngressContainer{position:absolute;top:-65px;right:0}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensIngressContainer #shoppingLensIngressButton{width:65px}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensIngressContainer #shoppingLensIngressButton #shoppingLensIngressButtonImage{background-size:40px 40px;background-image:url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/ScenesStageAssets-shoppingLensIngressButton-10fdd185fa468c2bf94180ee213c45d53ba04854._V2_.png);width:40px;height:40px;margin:auto}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensStage{margin-bottom:20px;position:relative}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensStage #shoppingLensBackButton{text-align:right;margin-bottom:15px}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensStage #shoppingLensBackButton #shoppingLensBackButtonImage{background-size:20px 20px;background-image:url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/ScenesStageAssets-shoppingLensBackButton-8b1b097276650a645f14076de543520934853206._V2_.png);width:20px;height:20px}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensStage #shoppingLensCarouselSection{width:260px;margin:0 auto}#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensStage #shoppingLensCarouselSection #shoppingLensLikedAttrTitle,#shoppingLens_feature_div #shoppingLensStage #shoppingLensCarouselSection #shoppingLensNotLikedAttrTitle{font-weight:bolder} Let’s take a look at The Years of Lyndon Johnson. It's a great read, though, and I'd very strongly recommend it to others. 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. As a British reader too, it's good to have such a clear description of the hill country, Texan and Washington politics, which all puts the LBJ into sharper focus. 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. The New York Times . Washington Post 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 … An epic biography . the first volume of caro’s lyndon johnson biography is situated in the context of texas, how the state formed the life and personal history of lyndon johnson, one man’s story steeped in texan politics, texan issues and texan personalities, not least, a charismatic johnson... the first volume of caro’s lyndon johnson biography is situated in the context of texas, how the state formed the life and personal history of lyndon johnson, one man’s story steeped in texan politics, texan issues and texan personalities, not least, a charismatic johnson ancestor as colorful as any cinematic western hero. "I hope it may be said, 100 years from now," he told the Congress as he departed Washington in 1969, "that we helped to make this country more just. 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