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Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream

by Doris Kearn Goodwin

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Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War, and other defining moments the tumultuous 1960s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, first encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 1967, she became fascinated by the man—his character, his enormous energy and drive, and his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power. As a member of his White House staff, she soon became his personal confidante, and in the years before his death he revealed himself to her as he did to no other.

Widely praised and enormously popular, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream is a work of biography like few others. With uncanny insight and a richly engrossing style, the author renders LBJ in all his vibrant, conflicted humanity.

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About the Author

Doris Kearns Goodwin, the celebrated historian who is also the author of The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys and other bestsellers, has written a new foreword for this edition of Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with her husband and their three sons.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312060275
Author:
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Author:
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Author:
Kearns Goodwin, Doris
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Politics and government
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Johnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines), 1908-1973
Subject:
Presidents & Heads of State
Subject:
United States Politics and government 1963-1969.
Subject:
Johnson, Lyndon B
Subject:
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Copyright:
1976
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
v. 10
Publication Date:
June 1991
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
448
Dimensions:
9.26x6.10x1.16 in. 1.08 lbs.
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