The Lyndon Johnson Story.
"With gratitude and admiration from his friend": First Edition of Booth Mooney's The Lyndon Johnson Story; lengthily inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson
The Lyndon Johnson Story.
MOONEY, Booth. With a foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson.
$1,250.00
Item Number: 111067
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956.
First edition of Booth Mooney’s biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lyndon B. Johnson on the front free endpaper, “To Ray Luhn with gratitude and admiration from his friend Lyndon B. Johnson.” Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
In this intimate portrait of Senator Johnson, his executive assistant and consultant Booth Mooney relays the complete story of Johnson's rise to power. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate prior to serving as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson is one of only four people who have served in all four federal elected positions.