LBJ: A Life

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Critical Praise for Irwin Unger "A careful comprehensive portrait of a complex figure a man both eminently practical and deeply principled who looms large over the middle of our century."Kirkus Reviews "Few authors have attempted a one-volume life of the idealistic but controversial Lyndon B. Johnson and none has succeeded like Irwin Unger.. . . Highly recommended. "Library Journal Pulitzer Prizewinning author Irwin Unger and Debi Unger explore the enigmatic and complex Lyndon B. Johnson as both a public and a private figureexamining his monumental achievements as well as his conflicted and turbulent relationships with his family friends and colleagues. LBJ reveals Johnsons demons as well as his dreams providing a compelling portrait of this larger-than-life figure. From the hardscrabble life of the Texas hill country to the colorful Lone Star state elections that provided his entre into national politics to power politics in Washington this compassionate insightful biography traces the life influences and motivations of the unpredictable charismatic and difficult man who occupied the Oval Office during one of the nations most tumultuous periods.