The Years of Lyndon Johnson Means of Ascent 1990 HC First Edition

Description: Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues - one of the richest, most intensive, and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. In Means of Ascent, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer/historian, chronicler also of Robert Moses in The Power Broker, carries Johnson through his service in World War II and the foundation of his long-concealed fortune and the facts behind the myths he created about it. But the explosive heart of the book is Caro's revelation of the true story of the fiercely contested 1948 senatorial election, for 40 years shrouded in rumor, which Johnson had to win or face certain political death, and which he did win -- by "the 87 votes that changed history."Caro makes us witness to a momentous turning point in American politics: the tragic last stand of the old politics versus the new - the politics of issue versus the politics of image, mass manipulation, money and electronic dazzle.

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Book Title: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Means of Ascent

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Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Intended Audience: Adults

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Edition: First Edition

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Publication Year: 1990

Type: Novel

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Author: Robert A. Caro

Features: Dust Jacket

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science

Topic: American Government / Legislative Branch, Political Process / General, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, United States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, American Government / State

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States