Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. 475, [1] p. Illustrations. Footnotes. Editor's Note. Cast of Characters. Appendix. Index. An indispensable window onto one of the most legendary figures on American politics and his tumultuous, controversial years in power, "Reaching For Glory" and its recordings provides an intimate look at a pivotal American presidency--in Lyndon Johnson's words, history "with the bark off." From Wikipedia: "Michael Richard Beschloss (born November 30, 1955) is an American historian. A specialist in the United States presidency, he is the author of nine books....Beschloss has been a frequent commentator on the PBS NewsHour and is the NBC News Presidential Historian. He is a trustee of the White House Historical Association and the National Archives Foundation and he also sits on the boards of the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He was formerly a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), the Urban Institute and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. He also sits on the advisory board to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and is a former member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. He has served as a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College (University of Oxford), a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University Russian Research Center, a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Foundation and a Montgomery Fellow and Dorsett Fellow at Dartmouth College. Beschloss has appeared on The Daily Show in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2010. He was portrayed by Chris Kattan on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on February 14, 1998." Condition: Very good / very good.
Keywords: Lyndon Johnson, Juan Bosch, Bobby Baker, George Ball, Civil Rights, Dominican Republic, Clark Clifford, Abe Fortas, Barry Goldwater, Lady Bird Johnson, Walter Jenkins
ISBN: 9780684804088
[Book #66847]
Price: $37.50