Lyndon Baines Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson
Author: Thomas Langston
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Now that much of the political and emotional heat that Johnson (1908- 73) generated during his political career has cooled, Langston (political science, Tulane U.) assesses his leadership as president of the US and what it has meant to the country and the world. After a biographical sketch, he considers campaigns and elections, administration policies, crises and flashpoints, institutional relations, and retirement. Each chapter appends several relevant documents. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

The New York Times Book of the Dead

The New York Times Book of the Dead
Author: William McDonald
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Total Pages: 1520
Release: 2016-10-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0316395463

The obituary page of The New York Times isa celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300 obits in the book with exclusive online access to 10,000 more of the most important and fascinating obituaries the Times has ever published. The obituary page is the section many readers first turn to not only see who died, but to read some of the most inspiring, insightful, often funny, and elegantly written stories celebrating the lives of the men and women who have influenced on our world. William McDonald, The Times' obituary editor who was recently featured in the award-winning documentary Obit, selected 320 of the most important and influential obits from the newspaper's archives. In chapters like "Stage and Screen," "Titans of Business," "The Notorious," "Scientists and Healers," "Athletes," and "American Leaders," the entries include a wide variety of newsmakers from the last century and a half, including Annie Oakley, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel, Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson and Prince. Also included is a web-key which allows instant access to an exclusive website featuring 10,000 selected obituaries which are easily searchable by name, theme, dates, and more. Designed with more than 150 black-and-white photographs, this tomb-sized book plus website package is the perfect gift.