The Years Of Lyndon Johnson (Three-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback editions in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Few political biographies have captured the ambition, cunning, and raw hunger for power quite like Robert A. Caro's monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson series. Across three volumes — The Path to Power, Means of Ascent, and Master of the Senate — Caro chronicles the extraordinary rise of Lyndon Baines Johnson, from his hardscrabble origins in the Texas Hill Country to his masterful and often ruthless command of the United States Senate, painting an unflinching portrait of a man who reshaped American democracy through sheer force of will. Caro's prose is meticulous yet propulsive, combining the depth of scholarly research with the narrative drive of great fiction, illuminating how power is truly acquired and wielded in America. Each volume uncovers a different dimension of Johnson's character — the desperate striving of a young man escaping poverty, the brazen manipulation of a politician willing to steal an election, and the legislative genius of a Senate leader without peer — leaving the reader to wrestle with the timeless and unsettling question: does the end ever justify the means?
Author: Robert A. Caro
Format: Paperback
Published: 1990, Vintage Books
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback editions in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Few political biographies have captured the ambition, cunning, and raw hunger for power quite like Robert A. Caro's monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson series. Across three volumes — The Path to Power, Means of Ascent, and Master of the Senate — Caro chronicles the extraordinary rise of Lyndon Baines Johnson, from his hardscrabble origins in the Texas Hill Country to his masterful and often ruthless command of the United States Senate, painting an unflinching portrait of a man who reshaped American democracy through sheer force of will. Caro's prose is meticulous yet propulsive, combining the depth of scholarly research with the narrative drive of great fiction, illuminating how power is truly acquired and wielded in America. Each volume uncovers a different dimension of Johnson's character — the desperate striving of a young man escaping poverty, the brazen manipulation of a politician willing to steal an election, and the legislative genius of a Senate leader without peer — leaving the reader to wrestle with the timeless and unsettling question: does the end ever justify the means?