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The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power

Robert A. Caro

Traces Johnson's life from his Texas childhood through his rise to political power and his successful 1948 senatorial campaign and eventual presidency.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: National Book Award for Autobiography and Biography Hardcover -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyPresidential BiographyPresidency & Executive PowerMemoir & Personal History

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor1982WinnerSecondary source
National Book Award for Autobiography and Biography HardcoverMajor1983FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Lyndon Johnson78%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Texas62%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.