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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Johnson, Lady Bird (1912-2007)
Gillette, Michael L.
Titre(s) : Lady Bird Johnson [Texte imprimé] : an oral history / Michael L. Gillette
Publication : New York : : Oxford University Press,, [2012]©2012
Description matérielle : x, 400 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Comprend : Childhood memories ; Education, 1924-1934 ; A whirlwind courtship ; 1935-1937,
a future in politics? ; In Congress, 1937-1940 ; 1941, "a learning experience"
; 1942, managing the congressional office ; Nesting and investing, 1942-1943 ; War
years, 1943-1945 ; "A grinding occupation," 1946-1947 ; "The hardest year of our
lives," 1948 ; LBJ in the Senate ; A Senate wife ; The LBJ ranch ; The loyal opposition,
1953-1955 ; "Toward the liberal side," 1956-1959 ; 1960, the point of no return
; Vice presidency: "a pebble in a shoe" ; The White House years.
Note(s) : "Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history
interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released
in 2011, form the heart of 'Lady Bird Johnson: an oral history', an intimate story
of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective
and admired First Ladies"--Jacket. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379) and index
"Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history
interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released
in 2011, form the heart of "Lady Bird Johnson: an oral history", an intimate story
of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective
and admired First Ladies"--Jacket ; Lady Bird Johnson's odyssey is one of personal
and intellectual growth, political and financial ambition and a shared life with Lyndon
Baines Johnson, one of the most complicated, volatile and powerful presidents of the
20th century. The former First Lady recounts how a cautious, conservative young woman
succumbed to an ultimatum to marry a man she had known for less than three months,
how she ran his congressional office during World War II, and how she transformed
a struggling Austin radio station into the foundation of a communications empire.
As a keen observer of the Washington scene during the eventful decades from the 1930s
through the 1960s, Lady Bird Johnson shares dramatic accounts of pivotal moments in
American history. The reader attends informal dinners at Sam Rayburn's apartment and
opulent social events at grand mansions from an earlier age. Johnson's rich verbal
portraits bring to life scores of personalities, including First Ladies Edith Bolling
Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy and Pat
Nixon
Sujet(s) : Johnson, Lady Bird (1912-2007)
Genre ou forme : Entretiens
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199908080 (hardback) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0199908087 (hardback) (acid-free
paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43637311q
Notice n° :
FRBNF43637311
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