Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream

By Doris Kearns Goodwin

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream (1976) is Doris Kearns Goodwin's first book, a biography of the 36th U.S. president. She worked for Johnson in the White House and helped him with his memoirs after he left office. Drawing on their long conversations, she traces his childhood in Texas, his rise in Congress, his domestic program and the Vietnam War that broke his presidency.

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