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Caroli, Betty Boyd.
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Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007.
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Marriage.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Marriage.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
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Caroli, Betty Boyd.
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007.
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Marriage.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Marriage.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
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Lady Bird and Lyndon : the hidden story of a marriage that made a president / Betty Boyd Caroli.
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Caroli, Betty Boyd.
Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Call #:
973
.923
J67c
Subjects
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007.
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 -- Marriage.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Marriage.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781439191224 (hc.)
1439191220 (hc.)
9781439191231 (pbk.)
1439191239 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description:
viii, 463 p., 16 unnumbered p.s of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-440) and index.
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:
"A fresh look at Lady Bird Johnson that upends her image as a plain Jane who was married for her money and mistreated by Lyndon. Lady Bird worked quietly behind the scenes through every campaign, every illness, and a trying presidency as a key strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and indispensable therapist. Lady Bird grew up the daughter of a domineering father and a cultured but fragile mother. When a tall, pushy Texan named Lyndon showed up in her life, she knew what she wanted: to leave the rural Texas of her childhood and experience the world like her mother dreamed, while climbing the mountain of ambition she inherited from her father. She married Lyndon within weeks, and the bargain they struck was tacitly agreed upon in the courtship letters they exchanged: this highly gifted politician would take her away, and she would save him from his weaknesses. The conventional story goes that Lyndon married Lady Bird for her money, demeaned her by flaunting his many affairs, and that her legacy was protecting the nation’s wildflowers. But she was actually a full political partner throughout his ascent to power. And while others were shocked that she put up with his womanizing, she always knew she had the upper hand. Lady Bird began the partnership by using part of her nest egg to help finance Lyndon's first political campaign. Over and over, she kept him from quitting, including the 1948 election when he was so immobilized with self-pity that she had to pick up the phone to solicit donations on his behalf. She was also the one who got him out of bed, when he was in a deep funk, to go to the 1964 Democratic nominating convention"--Provided by publisher.
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