The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate
by Robert Caro
🏆 Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
🏆 Winner of a 2002 National Book Award
🏆 Winner of the 2002 L.A. Times Book Prize
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“I always tell people that this is one of the first books you should read if you’re really interested in congressional history. It’s a wonderful book, the third part of Caro’s multi-volume biography of President Lyndon Johnson that focuses on his time as Senate Majority Leader. It’s also a splendid history of the Senate itself.” Read more...
Julian E. Zelizer, Historian
