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A revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson with startling new insights into her marriage to Lyndon Baines Johnson and her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency. Long obscured by her husband's shadow, Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as a figure of surprising influence and the centering force for LBJ, a man who suffered from extreme mood swings and desperately needed someone to help control his darker...
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2015.
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viii, 463 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A fresh look at Lady Bird Johnson that upends her image as a plain Jane who was married for her money and mistreated by Lyndon. This Lady Bird worked quietly behind the scenes through every campaign, every illness, and a trying presidency as a key strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and indispensable therapist. Lady Bird grew up the daughter of a domineering father and a cultured but fragile mother. When a tall, pushy Texan named Lyndon...
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[2021]
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xxiv, 533 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"In the spring of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson had a decision to make. Just months after moving into the White House under the worst of circumstances--following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy--he had decide whether to run to win the presidency in his own right. He turned to his most reliable, trusted political strategist: his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. The memo she produced for him, long overlooked by biographers, is just one revealing...
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[2005]
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IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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37 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A biography of Lady Bird Johnson, who, as the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, reminded citizens about the importance of conserving natural resources and promoted the beautification of cities and highways by planting wildflowers.
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[1998]
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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820L
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42 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm.
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English
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A simple biography of former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, focusing on her efforts to beautify the nation.
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