TY - BOOK AU - Goodwin,Doris Kearns TI - Lyndon Johnson and the American dream SN - 0060122846 AV - E847 .G64 1976 U1 - 973.923/092/4B PY - 1976///] CY - New York PB - Harper & Row KW - Johnson, Lyndon B. KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Politics and government KW - 1963-1969 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -