The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent : The Years of Lyndon Johnson II (Series #2) (Paperback)

from jensenmk82

Means of Ascent is not quite as compelling as The Path to Power, but this is an irresistible read nevertheless. It's hard not to feel that Coke Stevenson has been idealized as a foil to Johnson, an...

from gregorybrown

Amazing. Caro does it again, but with a much more focused entry than the first volume The Path to Power. That earlier entry followed LBJ's childhood, college years, and ascent from congressional ai...

from MatthewN

This volume is significantly shorter than the other 2. Perhaps because almost the entire book focuses on LBJ's 1948 run for the senate against Coke Stevenson. There is minimal coverage to his tenur...

from patience_crabstick

Volume two of the Lyndon Johnson biography covers the years from 1942-1948. Years in which Johnson, frustrated with his seat in the House of Representatives, lusted after a seat in the US senate, a...

from breic

I've been saving some of Caro's LBJ books, as we wait for #5. It was good to finally read this one. What a stunning story! To me, it was enlightening. But it wasn't Caro's best. The focus is very n...