[PJ-Comix]

Does Caro discuss allegations of bribery involving Johnson and others in the Senate? Any truth to that?

How would triplejake know? The book isn't out yet. I could have answered that question for you if Knopf had sent me a BOOK REVIEW COPY. Now I'll have to line up at the book store with the rest of you shlubs to get this book.

[KC Burke]

I agree with you that the first two volumes were outstanding. In the first, Johnson is shown as a man of his era and place, with even some sympathy. In the second, his naked ambition and lack of character is fully shown to take him down the path of personal and political power and corruption. Anyone wanting to see the effects of political power and how it intertwines with character, should read these first. I wonder if we will have to wait another nine years for the fourth volume?