The comprehensive biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Ted reviews the four-volume (and counting) biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson by author Robert A. Caro.

This work is a one volume abridgment of Dallek's 2-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson v. 1. Lone star rising (1991); v. 2, Flawed giant (1998). The making of a politician -- The Congressman -- The ...

As you say, the first thing any reader has to reckon with in reading Master of the Senate is its size. It's not just the sheer length of 1,167 pages, nor simply that those 1,167 pages cover only ...

Scott Simon talks with Robert Caro, author of Master of the Senate, about Lyndon Johnson's years as Senate majority leader. Mr. Caro says Senator Johnson corralled support for issues on his agenda by ...

v. 1. The path to power (c1982) -- v. 2. Means of ascent (c1990) -- v. 3. Master of the Senate (c2002) -- v. 4. Passage of power (c2012) v. 1. The path to power. pt. 1. The trap -- The Bunton strain - ...

For President's Day, we speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Robert Caro about the life of Lyndon Johnson. To understand his subject, Caro moved to the Texas Hill country to meet friends and ...

Almost 40 years after he left the White House, public perceptions of Lyndon B. Johnson remain shrouded in myth and caricature. Several generations of spinmeisters have hammered in the idea that this ...

Johnson between Hubert Humphrey (l) and Richard Russell. From The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate. The first volume of Robert Caro’s protracted meditation on the dark side of Lyndon ...