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"An engrossing biography of President Lyndon Johnson from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Team of Rivals Hailed by the New York Times as “the most penetrating, fascinating political biography I have ever read,” Doris Kearns Goodwin’s extraordinary and insightful book draws from meticulous research in addition to the author’s time spent working at the White House from 1967 to 1969. After Lyndon Johnson’s term...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1997.
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English
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Examines the decisions made between 1963 and 1965 in regards to escalating United States involvement in the Vietnam War and looks at how early mistakes in policy formation were constantly repeated throughout the Johnson administration.
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of communism. Despite personal and political trials, Kennedy's approval ratings soar. At the same time, JFK acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khruschchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Allen Dulles, director of the CIA. Then, in the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down, resulting in national...
9) All the way
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Bryan Cranston stars in a riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidence in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
10) LBJ
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
The story of Lyndon Baines Johnson, as he was thrust into office after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
The Years of Lyndon Johnson is the political biography of our time. No presidentno era of American politicshas 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 period of history could still be persuaded to speak. The Path to Power, Book One, reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and urge to power that...
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Encyclopedia of presidents volume 36
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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The Encyclopedia of Presidents offers authoritative biographies of each president since 1789, when George Washington was first sworn inches The stories of these key figures and historic events paint a full and lively picture of our nation. Each biography includes color illustrations, a timeline, boxed features on events and people of special interest, and lively text introducing the featured president and the times in which he lived. Texan Lyndon...
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The years of Lyndon Johnson volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Touchstone
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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From Lyndon Johnsons closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which “Johnson leaps out of the pages in all his raw and earthy glory” (The New York Times Book Review) thats been called “a joy to read” (Stephen Ambrose, The Washington Post Book World). And now, a new introductory essay brings the reader up to date on Johnsons impact on America today. Califano takes us into the Oval Office as the decisions that irrevocably...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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A fresh look at Lady Bird Johnson that upends her image as a plain Jane who was married for her money and mistreated by Lyndon. This Lady Bird worked quietly behind the scenes through every campaign, every illness, and a trying presidency as a key strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and indispensable therapist.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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The author of Lincoln's Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson's White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. The personalities behind every burst of 1960s liberal reform - from civil rights and immigration reform, to Medicare and Head Start. "Beautifully written...a riveting portrait of LBJ... Every officeholder in Washington would profit from reading this book." --Robert Dallek,...
20) All the way
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The formidable challenges faced by President Lyndon Johnson in his tumultuous first year in office; from his accidental ascension to the presidency in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of the Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
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