Means Of Ascent
Robert A. CaroRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account of power, political genius and the shaping of twentieth-century America.
"Magnificent... Thunder and lightning rip through Mr Caro's viscerally compelling work." — Thomas W. Hazlett, The Wall Street Journal
"Thrilling. Caro burns into the reader's imagination the story of the [1948 Senate] election. Never has it been told so dramatically, with breathtaking detail piled on incredible development... In The Path to Power, Volume I of his monumental biography, Robert A. Caro ignited a blowtorch whose bright flame illuminated Johnson's early career. In Means of Ascent he intensifies the flame to a brilliant blue point." — Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times