Years of Lyndon Johnson Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III, Book 3, (Hardcover)

from gbelik

I made my way rather slowly through this 3rd volume of Caro's Lyndon Johnson biography, loving most of it. There were some areas where I grew impatient and wished his editor had been a little tougher on the amount of detail (the Leland Olds hearing and the battle for the 1957 civil rights bill co...

from kbergfeld

As the fifth person to the read the copy of the book I had, it fell apart at the seam, but the story just kept getting better. Having no experience of the times when LBJ ruled DC, Caro's series gives me the opportunity to not only understand the concepts that existed, but his descriptions go so f...

from auntieknickers

Obviously, it took me a long time to finish this book. I have it in both hardcover and audio formats,and started reading it in print, but "read" most of it in audio and primarily while walking my dog or, sometimes, washing dishes. I learned so much from this book, as it explains the Senate's role...

from brianjayjones

Think the legislative process sounds boring? Think again. Using the crafting and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to frame the story of Johnson's Senate years -- during which he practically invented modern Senate procedure -- Caro makes lawmaking look downright dramatic. Which it is, espec...

from LizzieD

This book is absolutely magnificent! It's not the kind of thing I want to reread, but I will cherish my copy for reference any time at all that I need to refresh what was happening politically from 1948 through 1960 or thereabouts. LBJ himself was such a complicated person: totally vulgar, opport...