Lady Bird and Lyndon
Subtitle: the hidden story of a marriage that made a president
By: Betty Boyd Caroli
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781439191231; 9781439191224
Subjects: Presidents' spouses; Married people; Marriage; Biography; Presidents
Description: "Marriage is the most underreported story in political life and yet is often the key to its success. This is the idea driving a revealing new portrait of Lady Bird as the essential strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and ballast for Lyndon...[A] biography of a political partnership that helps explain how the wildly talented but deeply flawed Lyndon Baines Johnson ended up making history..."--P. [2] of jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-440) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bird learns to fly; title: Mama's boy; title: Getting out of Karnak, with the right man; title: More than "electric going"; title: Becoming a priceless political partner; title: Network builder; title: CEO and finance manager; title: Crucial campaigner and marketer; title: "A wonderful, wonderful wife"; title: Struggling with balance and momentum; title: Outshining her husband; title: Presidential partnering; title: Teaming up for the big win; title: Linchpin in the launch of the Great Society; title: Beautification: a legacy of Bird's own; title: War clouds; title: Outlandish LBJ; title: Wrapping up "our" presidency; title: Calming anchor for a "holy terror"; title: Flying solo.