![]() ![]() ![]() Although his writing style is articulate and descriptive, it is not smooth or elegant in a traditional sense. And it seems all but certain to remain the most comprehensive account of Johnson’s early life ever published.Ĭaro is undeniably unique among the 140 different biographers I have encountered. It is a profoundly penetrating and extraordinarily insightful narrative of the early life of one of our most complex and colorful presidents. This biography is the result of seven years of research by Caro and his wife – a remarkable effort in which he conducted approximately 1,000 interviews.įor good reason, “The Path to Power” is widely considered one of the most extraordinary presidential biographies ever published. Originally intended to be the first of just three volumes, its 768 pages follow Johnson from birth through his unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat in 1941. ![]() ![]() Published in 1982, “The Path to Power” is the inaugural volume in a series that has consumed more than four decades of Caro’s life. Caro is currently working on the fifth (and, presumably, final) volume in his LBJ series. Caro is a former investigative reporter and the author of two Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies: “ Master of the Senate” (the third volume in this series) and “ The Power Broker” about the life of Robert Moses. “ The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson” is the first volume in Robert Caro’s epic series covering the life of Lyndon B. ![]()
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