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he Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power
By Robert A. Caro

This, the first of two volumes, tracks Lyndon Baines Johnson's rise from his dirt-poor Texas roots into politics as a congressional aide in D.C., then back to Texas to run for Congress. You can taste Caro's disdain for the man on every page—still, you can't help but like LBJ.
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