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‘The Years of Lyndon Johnson’ by Robert A. Caro

By Jordan Michael Smith

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    May 13, 2012

It is not often that the fourth mammoth installment of a multi-volume biography has an initial print run of 300,000. Journalist-turned-historian Robert Caro’s series on Lyndon Johnson is the sole exception. Titled “The Years of Lyndon Johnson”, it is the most celebrated political biography of its era. The previous three volumes have won every major literary award, and the newest serving promises to be a prize-winner as well.

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