TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
TI  - Lyndon Johnson and the American dream
SN  - 312060270
AV  - E 847 .G66 1976 
PY  - 1976///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - BIOGRAPHIES
N1  - Includes index; Chapter 1. Growing up -- Chapter 2. Education and dream of success -- Chapter 3. The making of a politician -- Chapter 4. Rise to power in the senate -- Chapter 5. The senate leader -- Chapter 6. The vice-presidency -- Chapter 7. The transition year -- Chapter 8. The great society -- Chapter 9. Vietnam -- Chapter 10. Things go wrong
N2  - Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy
ER  -