Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. has proven herself worthy of Lyndon Johnson's trust for by sharing his fears and dreams with us, she has helped us to understand no just one man, but an era, and ultimately ourselves.'- Newsday No other book is likely to offer a sharper, more intimate portrait of Lyndon Johnson in his full psychic undress.'- Newsweek 'A grand and fascinating portrait of a most complicated, haunted, and here appealing man.'- The Village Voice 'Absorbing and sympathetic, warts and all.'- The Washington Post We have it all laid out for us in this wrenchingly intimate analysis of a man who virtues, like his faults, were on a giant scale.'- Cosmopolitan

became the custodian not only of LBJ's political lore but of his memories, hopes, and nightmares. Featuring a 2018 foreword by the Pulitzer Prizewinning political historian that celebrates a reappraisal of Lyndon Johnson’s legacy five decades after his presidency, from the vantage point of our current, profoundly altered political culture and climate, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s extraordinary and insightful biography draws from meticulous. 'An extraordinary portrait of a generous, devious, complex, and profoundly manipulative man. 'Johnson's every word and deed is measured in an attempt to understand one of the most powerful yet tragic of American Presidents.'- Chicago Tribune It might have been called 'The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson,' for he comes to seem nothing so much as a figure out of Greek tragedy.'- Houston Chronicle Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream: The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written by Kearns Goodwin, Doris Used Condition Used - Good ISBN 13 9780312060275 ISBN 10 0312060270 Quantity Available 1 Seller SecondSale Montgomery, Illinois, United States Seller rating : Description: St. 'Kearns has made Lyndon Johnson so whole, so understandable that the impact of the book is difficult to describe. A profound analysis of both the private and the public man.'- Miami Herald No other President has had a biographer who had such access to his private thoughts.'- The New York Times 'The most penetrating, fascinating political biography I have ever read.

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Goodwin