Lady Bird and Lyndon : the hidden story of a marriage that made a president
Title:
Lady Bird and Lyndon : the hidden story of a marriage that made a president
Author:
ISBN:
9781439191224
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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.
Summary:
"Marriage is the most underreported story in political life and yet is often the key to its success. This is the idea driving a revealing new portrait of Lady Bird as the essential strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and ballast for Lyndon...[A] biography of a political partnership that helps explain how the wildly talented but deeply flawed Lyndon Baines Johnson ended up making history..."--P. [2] of jacket.
