The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent is a book by Robert Caro.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent
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Robert Caro
Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson. After working years as a reporter Caro wrote The Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses. Then he began the...
Subjects:
- United States of America
- Late 20th Century
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- History of the United States
- 20th century
- Texas
- History
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Awards Won:
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National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography Winners
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