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The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

Robert A. Caro

Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil rights, and the eroding trap of Vietnam.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Johnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines), 1908-1973 -> BiographyOpen Library: United states, politics and government, 1963-1969 -> BiographyPresidential BiographyPresidency & Executive Power

Award History

5 wins · 7 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor2012WinnerSecondary source
National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyMajor2012WinnerSecondary source
Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History2013WinnerSecondary source
Mark Lynton History Prize2013WinnerSecondary source
Plutarch Award: Biography2013WinnerSecondary source
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2013LonglistOfficial source
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2012FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Lyndon Johnson90%
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    • John Kennedy60%
    • Robert Kennedy55%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    55 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.