![]() Volume I of The Years of Lyndon Johnson was published in 1982, so it has been over 40 years of Caro’s life that he’s dedicated to researching and writing about Lyndon Johnson, and it this total dedication to the biographical process which is what drew me to these books, rather than an initial interest in Johnson. ![]() ![]() Nearly half the book is dedicated to the 1948 campaign, in part because it was a turning point in Johnson’s career and because during his eleven years as congressman for Texas’ 10th district, he barely did anything of note beyond his perfunctory duties and his dwindling political influence following the death of President Roosevelt cast serious doubts on his political future. Means of Ascent covers a seven year period of Johnson’s life following his defeat in the 1941 Texas Senate campaign to Wilbert ‘Pappy’ O’Daniel, to his eventual victory in the 1948 senate campaign against former Texas Governor Coke Stevenson, a man known then as ‘Mr Texas’. ![]()
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