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Oxford University Press
December 2012
On Sale: November 26, 2012
416 pages
ISBN: 0199908087
EAN: 9780199908080
Kindle: B009R3XDG4
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Non-Fiction Biography
Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded
forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette
and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in
2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral
History, an intimate story of a shy young country
girl's transformation into one of America's most effective
and admired First Ladies.
Lady Bird Johnson's
odyssey is one of personal and intellectual growth,
political and financial ambition, and a shared life with
Lyndon Baines Johnson, one of the most complicated,
volatile, and powerful presidents of the 20th century. The
former First Lady recounts how a cautious, conservative
young woman succumbed to an ultimatum to marry a man she had
known for less than three months, how she ran his
congressional office during World War II, and how she
transformed a struggling Austin radio station into the
foundation of a communications empire. As a keen observer of
the Washington scene during the eventful decades from the
1930s through the 1960s, Lady Bird Johnson shares dramatic
accounts of pivotal moments in American history. We attend
informal dinners at Sam Rayburn's apartment and opulent
social events at grand mansions from an earlier age. Her
rich verbal portraits bring to life scores of personalities,
including First Ladies Edith Bolling Wilson, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline
Kennedy, and Pat Nixon.
An informal, candid
narrative by one of America's most admired First Ladies,
this volume reveals how instrumental Lady Bird Johnson's
support and guidance were at each stage of her husband's
political ascent and how she herself emerged as a
significant political force.
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