Lady Bird Johnson : an oral history / Michael L. Gillette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillette, Michael L.

Contributor:

Gillette, Michael L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007.

Johnson, Lady Bird.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.

Presidents' spouses.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 400 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Contents:

Childhood memories

Education, 1924-1934

A whirlwind courtship

Washington to Texas and back, 1934-1937

In Congress, 1937-1940

1941, "a watershed year"

1942, gravity, anger, and determination

Nesting and investing, 1942-1943

War years, 1943-1945

"A grinding occupation," 1946-1947

"The hardest year of our lives," 1948

LBJ in the Senate

A Senate wife

The LBJ ranch

The loyal opposition, 1953-1955

"Toward the liberal side," 1956-1959

1960, the point of no return

Vice presidency: growth, travel, and tragedy

The White House years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780199908080 ;