Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Means of Ascent, the second volume in Robert A. Caro’s monumental work The Years of Lyndon Johnson, vividly brings to life the early career of one of America’s most complex and controversial figures, Lyndon B. Johnson. Caro’s meticulous research and narrative brilliance illuminate Johnson's wilderness years, highlighting his indomitable will, strategic genius, and relentless ambition. This multifaceted biography captures Johnson...

The Years of Lyndon Johnson is the political biography of our time. No president—no era of American politics—has been so intensively and sharply examined at a time when so many prime witnesses to hitherto untold or misinterpreted facets of a life, a career, and a period of history could still be persuaded to speak. The Path to Power is the...

The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro masterfully chronicles a transformative era in American politics, capturing both the heights and depths of Lyndon B. Johnson's career from 1958 to 1964. This fourth instalment of Caro's monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson, offers readers unparalleled insight into a pivotal period in history that encompasses Johnson's incomparable ascent from Senate...