The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path To Power.

CARO, Robert A.

Item Number: 146266

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

First edition of the first volume in the historian’s ground-breaking biography on President Lyndon Johnson. Octavo, original black cloth. Boldly signed by Robert Caro on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

The first book in the author's acclaimed biography of President Lyndon Johnson, which went on to win the National Book Critics Circle Award. "Proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caro's evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnson's unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually works are---let it be said flat out---at the summit of American historical writing" (Washington Post).