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The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1)

The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1)

by Robert A Caro (Author)

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    Hardcover 1992

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Synopsis

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country, and the first volume in Robert Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson, hailed as `the greatest biography of our era'. Revealed in extraordinary detail is the genesis of that almost superhuman drive, energy and ambition which set LBJ apart. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, The Path to Power charts his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as a Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate and his attainment, nonetheless, at the age of 31 of the power for which he hungered. In this riveting book we are shown more clearly than ever before the true nature of political genius.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 912
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Pimlico
Published: 12 Nov 1992
ISBN 10: 0712698795
ISBN 13: 9780712698795
Book Overview: The first instalment in Robert Caro's award-winning and bestselling biography of Lyndon Johnson, spanning a pivotal era in American history

Media Reviews
A superb and unique biography...Meticulous in research, grand in scale, this is a major work that will remain a tower of its kind. -- Barbara Tuchman
Truly sensational and enthralling...totally original. * Financial Times *
Powerful and stirring. A monumental political saga...It is an overwhelming experience to read The Path to Power. * New York Times *
Not only a historical but a literary event. An epic biography...a sweeping, richly detailed portrait...an awesome achievement. * Newsweek *
Wholly fascinating...splendidly enjoyable. * The Times *
Author Bio
Robert A. Caro has been described as `the greatest political biographer of our times' (Sunday Times) and `a world authority on the nature of power and how to use it' (Guardian). Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Princeton University, later became a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and was an investigative reporter for Newsday for six years. His first book, The Power Broker, won the Pulitzer Prize in biography and the Frances Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians. His subsequent books comprise a multi-volume work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson, 'regarded by many as the greatest political biography of the modern era' (The Times). Over the course of four volumes, he has become one of the most lauded writers of his generation, winning three National Book Critics Circle Awards, the National Book Award and a further Pulitzer Prize. He is currently at work on the fifth and final volume. In addition, Robert Caro has also been awarded virtually every other major literary honour, including the Gold Medal in Biography from the National Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, the highest award in the humanities given in the United States. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ina, an historian and writer.