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Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, TX, presents a highly intimate portrait of our 36th President. Instead of a linear, chronological biography, Updegrove organizes the work around chapters on the famous Johnson treatment; the Kennedy assassination; Johnson's efforts to continue the Kennedy legacy; his rise to the presidency; Johnson's famous blunt, critical style; and his great tragedy, the Vietnam War. Similar in approach to Merle Miller's 1980 Lyndon: An Oral Biography, this book takes ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More