Title: Fascinating look at LBJ the schemer- before Vietnam
Product review: Having grown up in the Vietnam era, I had discounted LBJ as a slow-talking, slow-thinking warmonger out of touch with reality. This book paints a picture of a razor sharp Andy Hardy go-getter type with ample quantities of "What Makes Sammy Run?" thrown in for good measure. The first 100 pages is a little slower as Caro describes the exceptionally rural background of Johnson's progenitors. (I'm beginning to research relatives of same time in Arkansas, so I really understood for the first time why everyone looks SO OLD in photographs!). Once you pass these (rightfully) slower pages, this becomes a real page-turner! You will fly through this book! Hard-to-believe, right? Get it by hook or by crook!
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