Annotation
Begun in 1982 with The Path to Power, Caros multivolume "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" is indeed a magnum opus. The three volumes so far, which include Means of Ascent (1990) and Master of the Senate (2002), have collectively won a National Book Award, a Pulitzer Prize, and two National Book Critics Circle awards and have sold one and a half million copies. This fourth volume highlights five key years in Johnsons life, starting in 1958 with his campaign for the presidency and ending in 1964 as he found himself in the White House after John F. Kennedys assassination. Caro draws on interviews and thousands of primary documents to tell his story. As the 300,000-copy first printing suggests, demand should be big; look for -ebooks of the first two volumes on November 23 (Master is already available in that format).
Awards
2012 New York Times Notable Books of the Year
| Genre | NonFiction History Political Biography |
| Topics | Johnson, Lyndon B. U.S. senators U.S. vice-presidents U.S. presidents American history Power struggles Social conditions World history |
| Setting | Texas Washington, D.C. White House |
| Series | ||
| The Years of Lyndon Johnson | ||
| 1 | The Path to power | |
| 2 | Means of ascent | |
| 3 | Master of the Senate | |
| 4 | The Passage of power | |