Reader recommendation: The Passage of Power
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August 22, 2012
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, by Robert A. Caro, moves from LBJ's Senate days through his agonizing years as vice president to his transition and the first phase of his presidency. Caro takes you into the high-level meetings and the personal conversations of all the participants in this intense, detailed, intriguing, gritty, and captivating narrative.