An engrossing biography of President Lyndon Johnson from the Pulitzer Prizewinning author ofTeam of Rivals
Hailed by theNew York Timesas the most penetrating, fascinating political biography I have ever read, Doris Kearns Goodwins extraordinary and insightful book draws from meticulous research in addition to the authors time spent working at the White House from 1967 to 1969.
After Lyndon Johnsons term ended, Goodwin remained his confidante and assisted in the preparation of his memoir. InLyndon Johnson and the American Dream, she traces the 36th presidents life from childhood to his early days in politics, and from his leadership of the Senate to his presidency, analyzing his dramatic years in the White House, including both his historic domestic triumphs and his failures in Vietnam.
Drawn from personal anecdotes and candid conversations with Johnson, Goodwin paints a rich and complicated portrait of one of our nations most compelling politicians.
Doris Kearns Goodwinis a celebrated historian and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, the runaway bestseller
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, which was the inspiration for Steven Spielbergs award-winning film
Lincoln, and five other critically acclaimed and bestselling books. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts.
The most penetrating, fascinating political biography I have ever read . . . No other President has had a biographer who had such access to his private thoughts. The New York Times
Magnificent, brilliant, illuminating...A profound analysis of both the private and the public man. Miami Herald
Kearns has made Lyndon Johnson so whole, so understandable that the impact of the book is difficult to describe. It might have been called 'The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson,' for he coml#¬
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