description: Caro's third volume in his series on the life of Lyndon Johnson is as riveting as its predecessors; the series comprises the most admired and compelling political biography of our era. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works, how the U.S. Senate works, how Lyndon Johnson on his way to the presidency mastered both, and how he used his power to break Southern control of Capitol Hill and to pass the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. Interweaving his narrative with a brilliantly astute and concise history of the Senate, Caro shows how political initiatives triumph or fail, and how political genius functions.
language: English
title: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson - Vol. 3
titlecomplete: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson - Vol. 3
characters: Bobby Baker, Sam Rayburn, John Connally, Robert A. Taft, Richard B. Russell, Jr., Paul Douglas, George Reedy, Hubert Humphrey, William F. Knowland, Estes Kefauver, Lyndon B. Johnson, Walter F. George, Stuart Symington
genres: Audiobook, American, Politics, Us Presidents, Biography, American History, Nonfiction, History, Presidents, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 21980
series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: D. B. Hardeman Prize
publisher: Books on Tape