Just now reading
Lyndon Johnson-Path to Power by Caro. It is a fascinating history of Texas, New Deal Politics and the Depression. It is the first of three on LBJ and his rise to power. The resarch Caro did was monumental. I highly recommend this series to all Freepers.
Yea...a great book! (the first vol)
How about that little bit right in the beginning describing the life of women (LBJ's grandma?) out in the scrub country around the turn of the century?
Another favorite part: LBJ at college pretending to hold a dialogue with the Johnson Johnson on the topic of its conquests to impress his younger brother(?).
I read it a good number of years ago and it fades but some bits remain really vivid...great book.