In the third volume, Master of the Senate, Caro chronicles Johnson's rapid ascent in United States Congress, including his tenure as Senate majority leader. The book was released on March 7, 1990.īook Three: Master of the Senate (2002) Much of the book deals with Johnson's bitterly contested Democratic primary against Coke R. Senate in 1941 to his election to the Senate in 1948. In the second volume, Means of Ascent, Caro detailed Johnson's life from the aftermath of Johnson's first bid for the U.S. Interview with Caro on The Passage of Power, November 24, 2013, C-SPAN Interview with Caro on The Passage of Power at the National Book Festival, September 22, 2012, C-SPAN Presentation by Caro on The Passage of Power at the National Book Festival, September 22, 2012, C-SPAN Part two of C-SPAN Q&A interview with Caro about The Passage of Power, May 20, 2012, C-SPAN Part one of C-SPAN Q&A interview with Caro about the finished book, The Passage of Power, May 6, 2012, C-SPAN Q&A interview with Caro about the writing of his fourth volume, January 4, 2009, C-SPAN Presentation by Caro on Master of the Senate at the National Book Festival, October 4, 2003, C-SPAN Presentation by Caro on Master of the Senate at the Library of Congress, May 20, 2003, C-SPAN Interview with Caro on Master of the Senate at the Texas Book Festival, November 16, 2002, C-SPAN Washington Journal interview with Caro on the writing of his third volume, July 13, 1998, C-SPAN Book Two: Means of Ascent (1990) External videoīooknotes interview with Caro on Means of Ascent, April 29, 1990, C-SPAN It was a finalist for the 1983 National Book Award, hardcover autobiography or biography. It won the 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award. This book was released on November 12, 1982. This volume covers Johnson's life through his failed 1941 campaign for the United States Senate. Caro's research included renting a house in the Hill Country for three years, living there much of that time, to interview numerous people who knew Johnson and his family, and to better understand the environment in which Johnson had grown up. first as a congressional aide and then as a congressman.

In the first volume, The Path to Power, Caro retraced Johnson's early life growing up in the Texas Hill Country and working in Washington, D.C. Knopf.īook One: The Path to Power (1982) A fifth volume is expected to deal with the bulk of Johnson's presidency and post-presidential years. Four volumes have been published, running to more than 3,000 pages in total, detailing Johnson's early life, education, and political career. Johnson by the American writer Robert Caro. The Years of Lyndon Johnson is a biography of Lyndon B.

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