The Vantage Point

Lyndon B. Johnson

ISBN 10: 0030844924 / ISBN 13: 9780030844928

Published by New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971

About this Item

Thirty-sixth President of the United States describes the challenges, the trials and achievements of his eventful years in the White House. Foxing is present on one or more pages. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

Seller Inventory # 123647003

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vantage Point
• Publisher: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030844924
• ISBN 13: 9780030844928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

What is it about election years? The recent publication of the fourth volume in Robert Caro’s massive biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson may not answer this question, but it does make us rethink the legacy of LBJ, and compel us to acknowledge the power, the responsibility and the basic human dimension of America’s highest elected office. Lyndon Johnson was the fourth man to assume the office after the assassination of the president, joining company with those following the assassination of Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. In The Vantage Point Johnson memorably recalls those terrible minutes in the Dallas motorcade when Secret Service Agent Youngblood “pushed me to the floor and sat on my right shoulder to keep me down and protect me… I was still not clear about what was happening.”