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Book

Lady Bird and Lyndon : the hidden story of a marriage that made a president

Call Number

  • 920 C2926 (CEN)

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Edition

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publication Information

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015.

Physical Description

viii, 463 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

  • Bird learns to fly
  • Mama's boy
  • Getting out of Karnak, with the right man
  • More than "electric going"
  • Becoming a priceless political partner
  • Network builder
  • CEO and finance manager
  • Crucial campaigner and marketer
  • "A wonderful, wonderful wife"
  • Struggling with balance and momentum
  • Outshining her husband
  • Presidential partnering
  • Teaming up for the big win
  • Linchpin in the launch of the Great Society
  • Beautification: a legacy of Bird's own
  • War clouds
  • Outlandish LBJ
  • Wrapping up "our" presidency
  • Calming anchor for a "holy terror"
  • Flying solo.

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