Lyndon Johnson and the American dream / Doris Kearns.
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TextPublisher: New York : Harper & Row, [1976]Copyright date: ©1976Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 432 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0060122846Subject(s): Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 | Presidents -- United States -- Biography | United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969DDC classification: 973.923/092/4 | B LOC classification: E847 | .G64 1976Summary: Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy
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