The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power; Means of Ascent; Master of the Senate; The Passage of Power

by Robert A. Caro (Author)

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The political biography of our time, now available in a four-volume hardcover set. Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson is one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American president. It is the magnum opus of a writer perfectly suited to his task: the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer-historian, chronicler also of Robert Moses in "The Power Broker," whose inspired research and profound understanding of the nature of ambition and the dynamics of power have made him a peerless explicator of political lives. "Taken together the installments of Mr. Caro's monumental life of Johnson . . . form a revealing prism by which to view the better part of a century in American life and politics during which the country experienced tumultuous and divisive social change. . .Gripping." --Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times " "By writing the best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think, and read, A

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For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, has three times won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year and for Best Biography of the Year, and has also won virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book Award, the Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Francis Parkman Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that best “exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist.” In 2010, he received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama.

Caro’s first book, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, everywhere acclaimed as a modern classic, was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. It is, according to David Halberstam, “Surely the greatest book ever written about a city.” And The New York Times Book Review said: “In the future, the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the twentieth century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort.”

The first volume of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Path to Power, was cited by The Washington Post as “proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caro’s evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnson’s unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually work, are—let it be said flat out—at the summit of American historical writing.” Professor Henry F. Graff of Columbia University called the second volume, Means of Ascent, “brilliant. No review does justice to the drama of the story Caro is telling, which is nothing less than how present-day politics was born.” The London Times hailed volume three, Master of the Senate, as “a masterpiece . . . Robert Caro has written one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age.” The Passage of Power, volume four, has been called “Shakespearean … A breathtakingly dramatic story [told] with consummate artistry and ardor” (The New York Times) and “as absorbing as a political thriller …By writing the best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think about, and read, American history” (NPR). On the cover ofThe New York Times Book Review, President Bill Clinton praised it as “Brilliant . . . Important . . .Remarkable. With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service.”

“Caro has a unique place among American political biographers,” The Boston Globe has said.. “He has become, in many ways, the standard by which his fellows are measured.” And according to the London Sunday Times, Caro is "The greatest political biographer of our times."

Born and raised in New York City, Caro graduated from Princeton University, was later a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and worked for six years as an investigative reporter for Newsday. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ina, the historian and writer.

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Publisher : Knopf (April 9, 2013)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 038535147X
ISBN-13 : 978-0385351478
Item Weight : 13 pounds
Dimensions : 11 x 5 x 14.5 inches

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CARO'S WORK IS MASTERFUL AND CAPTIVATING

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2019

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I purchased this set of four volumes for my husband for Christmas, and just couldn't wait to give it to him. I had followed Caro's work on Lyndon Johnson -- a fascinating subject -- as he published excerpts over the years. Wonderful history of a period I lived through and biography of a president who's term I lived through. My husband loves presidential bios, and he had been waiting for publication of Caro's fourth and final volume to read him. I had the big surprise for him on Christmas Day! You won't be disappointed by this selection.

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The Flylooper

Wow! What a tome!

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2019

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This will take me forever to get through but I wanted to have this work in my library. This is the definitive work on LBJ, of course, but also on his times. Caro is a great story teller and even though the work is FOUR volumes, it reads easily and thoughtfully. IF your into American history, this work is a page turner, actually.

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Paula

History that lives

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2014

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At first I wondered how so many books could be written about one man but as I get deep into the first volume of this set I find it covers much more. Coverage extends to ancestors, history of the land and settlement, prominent people, and the times...socially, geographically, economically, and politically. The work is extremely well researched and is far more fascinating than fiction.

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M. Cusack

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020

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This is an excellent book if you enjoy historical biographies. It is extremely well researched and well written. I just highly recommended it to another friend of mine who loves historic biographies. Be ready though, the print is small and the books, all five of them, are very thick.

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So far I am finding this just as good as the power broker

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2017

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Due to size, I supplement with an audio book for my drives to work. So far I am finding this just as good as the power broker. I love Robert Caro's work.

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Michael T Kennedy

A fascinating picture of history the past 50 years,

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2017

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I have these as audio books, as well. I listen on my commute,, The story of Lyndon Johnson's life is fascinating and it is interesting to read a biography by a biographer who does not like his subject .

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Paul Zwier-- Professor of Law, Emory Law School, Program Director, NITA Depositions Program

Great History

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019

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Caro is a hit, taking an approach in Master of the Senate of telling the history of the Senate chamber and in the process making the Clay Calhoun and Webster debates come alive. And remind us that we have dealt with irrational behavior from our leaders many time in the past.

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Joseph L. Kriegel

Well written

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2020

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Appears to be a detailed, accurate and unbiased view of the career of Lyndon Johnson.
He presents fairly both the positive and negative and leaves the reader to make their
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One of the greatest political biographies

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 7, 2016

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Has the reputation of being one of the greatest political biographies of all time and with justification. Lots of background on the issues of the time which was very useful to a UK citizen, less steeped in, for example, the workings of the Senate. It makes you reflect on what it means to be a "good man". Johnson was power-hungry, manipulative, he "stole" his way into the Senate, and yet on many causes, particularly civil rights actually accomplished more than any politician.

The fourth volume ends early 1964 just after Johnson has inherited the Presidency following Kennedy's assassination - can't wait for volume 5 although as I write no date is set and Caro is fed up with being asked when it will come.

Jim Bowen

Great books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2013

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This is a collection of the first four hardback books in the Robert Caro/Lyndon Johnson biographical books. The books are remarkable descriptions of Johnson (and American during Johnson's life). If you are remotely interested in Johnson or America's South during the 20th Century, this book is for you.

My one grumble would be how they're presented. If you look look at these "sets" by H L Menkin at:

H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: The Complete Series (Library of America)

or Edmund Morris' at:

Edmund Morris's Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Bundle: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt

they are presented well because they're boxed, making them nice gifts. That can't be said about this set. This shouldn't be a surprise, because the series hasn't finished yet. If you're thinking about giving this series as a present, I'd wait till the series had finished.

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Mike Whitney

A pleasure to read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2014

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The series is a pleasure to read and the writer is absolutely fantastic. I hope the author lives long enough to finish the series.

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Caroline Streek

Work of scholarship

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 7, 2014

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Recommended to anyone interested in twentieth century US politics. Authoritative, exhaustive and surprisingly entertaining. excellent research and notes on sources.

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