Tag Archives: Robert Caro

Library Additions: Caro, Rand, Yamane Firsts (Two Signed)

Posted on January 4, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Two of these were picked up at Half Price Books locations in DFW and the greater Houston area, the other was a gift. Caro, Robert. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate. Knopf, 2002. First edition hardback, a … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Two Books About Presidents

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Two more Half Price Books finds, both of about Texas Presidents, one by and signed by a Texas President: Bush, George W. 41: A Portrait of My Father. Crown Publishers, 2014. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine- … Continue reading →

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Library Additions: Three Political First Editions, Two Signed

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Lawrence Person

I usually catalog books purchased on my other blog, but here are some politics-related books I picked up recently: Bush, George W. Decision Points. Crown Publishers, 2010. First edition hardback, a Near Fine copy with a faint red stain at … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 3, 2019

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Lot’s of rage by Democrats in this week’s LinkSwarm over Attorney General William Barr over, well, something. The U.S. economy added 263,000 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.6%, the lowest since 1969. Followup: Baltimore’s Democratic Mayor … Continue reading →

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LBJ Didn’t Kill JFK

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Lawrence Person

Sunday I got my taxes to the all-but-printed stage, and then drove down to Bookpeople to attend a signing for Robert Caro’s new book Working (an excerpt of which I printed back in January). Caro is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author … Continue reading →

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How Texas Oilmen Made LBJ

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Lawrence Person

There’s a fascinating piece by LBJ biographer Robert Caro about how he pieced together how powerful Texas oilmen, through the insistence of Brown & Root and speaker Sam Rayburn, made Lyndon Baines Johnson’s career by making him the conduit for … Continue reading →

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