Lyndon: An Oral Autobiography [Hardcover]

Merle Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1980

Hardcover book is a very readable oral biography of Lyndon Johnson.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 645 pages
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition (January 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399123571
• ISBN-13: 978-0399123573
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,089,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Merle Miller was born on May 17, 1919 in Montour, Iowa, and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa and the London School of Economics. He joined the US. Army Air Corps during World War II, where he worked as an editor of Yank. His best-known books are his biographies of three presidents: Plain Speaking: An Oral History of Harry Truman, Lyndon: An Oral Biography, and Ike the Soldier: As They Knew Him. His novels include That Winter, The Sure Thing, Reunion, A Secret Understanding, A Gay and Melancholy Sound, What Happened, Island 49, and A Day in Late September. He also wrote We Dropped the A-Bomb, The Judges and the Judged, Only You, Dick Daring!, about his experiences writing a television pilot for CBS starring Barbara Stanwyck and Jackie Cooper, and On Being Different, an expansion of his 1971 article for the The New York Times Magazine entitled "What It Means to Be a Homosexual." He died in 1986.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best biography about President Johnson ever written., December 18, 2000

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This review is from: Lyndon: Oral Biogrphy (Mass Market Paperback)

I think that this Biography of Lyndon Johnson is a very interesting book because its the first book that tells you about his life from his own perspective. It describes his life, his political career, his years as Vice President and his years in the White House as President. The book also includes interviews from members of LBJ's family, friends, and members of his cabinet. It also talks about how LBJ and the Joint Chiefs committed US troops to the war in Vietnam and why he chose not to run for reelection. The book discusses LBJ's life after he left the White House in 1969. This is a book that is worth reading if you can get a copy. I really enjoyed reading it.