The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate
- ISBN-10
- 0394528360
- ISBN-13
- 9780394528366
- Series
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 1167
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
- Author
- Robert A. Caro
Description
The third volume in the author's monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson, following The Path to Power and Means of Ascent, describes the future president's career in the U.S. Senate, from breaking the southern control of Capitol Hill to passing the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. 200,000 first printing. First serial, The New Yorker.
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