Master of the Senate

By: Robert A. Caro

the most riveting political biography of our time, robert a. caro’s life of lyndon b. johnson, continues. takes johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 through 1960, in the united states senate. once the most august and revered body in politics, by the time johnson arrived the senate had become a parody of itself and an obstacle that for decades had...