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dixiegrrrrl

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Wed Apr 25, 2012, 09:55 AM Apr 2012

Anyone read the Robert Caro series on LBJ? [View all]

Robert Caro's 4th book about Lyndon Johnson "Passage of Power" is due out May 1st.
There was some concern that Caro would die before he finished it ( health issues)

I read the previous 3 books. They are fascinating, revealing, awesome in detail.
"Master of the Senate" is particulary good ,since it covers a time period I remember,
and has quite fascinationg details of Texas politics, including some of chicanery Johnson used to win elelctions.

Caro admitted to a dislike of Johnson as he started the biography, but said he later came to have some respect for him.

Warning if you have not read Caro..his books are BIG, packed with details, and really need re-reading to grasp evrything.
Worth it, tho, on a rainy weekend.

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