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Natalie Dykstra • Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Alice Glass had been Lyndon Johnson’s mistress for more than three years, in a passionate love affair of which Marsh, patronizing and paternalistic toward the young Congressman, was unaware. (In 1939, the publisher had helped Johnson financially by selling him land in Austin at a giveaway price. In 1940, he offered Johnson an oil deal that would ha
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II
The General Electric job was offered in May or June of 1935. On June 26, 1935, with Johnson about to accept the offer, President Roosevelt announced the creation of a new governmental agency. It would be called the National Youth Administration, its annual budget would be $50 million—and it would be administered in each state by a state director. T
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
Despite the last-minute passage of the Social Security bill, liberal antipathy to Johnson was as strong as ever—stronger, in fact: 1956 had, after all, been the year of the natural gas fight and the exemption of highway workers from the David-Bacon Act, and new revelations about Johnson’s relationship with Brown & Root. Under a headline that wa
... See moreRobert A. Caro • Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
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