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The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro
…l possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro’s work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman’s verdict that “Caro has changed the art of political biography.” For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, twice won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, and has also won virtually every other major literar…
Read more ›Robert A. Caro's Next Book on Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power, to be Published by Knopf in May
…s, and the last two were #1 New York Times best sellers. In The Passage of Power, Caro focuses on five crucial years in the life of Lyndon Johnson – from late 1958 when he began campaigning for the presidency, to early 1964, after he was thrust into office following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Based on interviews with primary sources and on thousands of original documents, Caro describes the volatile relations between Johnson and John F….
Read more ›Media Center: Robert A. Caro Publishes Book Four of Lyndon Johnson Biography
WHO: Robert A. Caro WHAT: THE PASSAGE OF POWER The Years of Lyndon Johnson WHEN: Published by Knopf May 1, 2012 WHY: “Riveting from beginning to end…Unquestionably, one of the truly big books of year. “Wedged between LBJ’s triumphant Senate career and his presidency, this fourth volume in Caro’s acclaimed series addresses the failed presidential campaign of 1960, the three frustrating years as vice president, and the transition between the Kenned…
Read more ›Robert Caro Visits The Colbert Report
…two discussed the fourth volume of Caro’s biography of Lyndon Johnson, The Passage of Power, available now in paperback. The book follows Johnson through both the most frustrating and most triumphant periods of his career—1958 to 1964. It is an unparalleled account of the battle between Johnson and John Kennedy for the 1960 presidential nomination, of the machinations behind Kennedy’s decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, and of Johnson’s…
Read more ›New Vintage Shorts Deliver Relevant, Exciting Reading in eBook Form
…Provence in Ten Easy Lessons by Peter Mayle | Dallas, November 22, 1963 by Robert Caro ORIGINAL SHORTS: Killing O’Reilly by Courtney Bowman and Nicholas Bowman A death-defying, more or less historically accurate parody of Bill O’Reilly’s bestselling Killing series, from one of the writers of the Harvard Lampoon’s Nightlight and one other red-blooded American. Infamous conservative TV personality, newspaper columnist, and Great American Educator Bi…
Read more ›Remembering Dallas, November 22, 1963
…rt Dallas, November 22, 1963, taken from his brilliant and bestselling The Passage of Power. The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author reports the incident with startling details. Just as scandals that might end his career are about to break over Lyndon Johnson’s head, the motorcade containing the presidential party is making its slow and triumphant way along the streets of Dallas. In this passage from Dallas, November 22, 1963, Caro captures the…
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