From Poverty to Presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson's Influence on History
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When you are asked to name well-known presidents, your mind might immediately go to Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or the current president. Lyndon B. Johnson may not be on your list of greats, but he should be. He started out life in a poor family that did not have enough money for the bare necessities. As a boy barely old enough to start school, Johnson was already working to bring what little money he could to his family. Johnson's work ethic and determined nature were obvious when he was young, and they were a great asset to him as he reached adulthood. Johnson's career leading to the presidency included a term in the House of Representatives, another in the Senate, and his vice-presidency under John F. Kennedy. Johnson was not even favored to win a seat in the House of Representatives because he was little-known in the district; however, Johnson never let impossible odds dictate what he could or could not do. Since he was 12, he had known he would be president one day. Johnson served as president from 1963-1969, making him the 36th president of the United States, finishing President Kennedy's term, and being re-elected to one of his own. Johnson's life story is that of a boy who rose from poverty to the presidency and accomplished great things.
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In Chris Matthews’ extraordinary biography, we see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war.
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3 out of 5 stars
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What Might Have Been?
- De Mel en 12-06-11
De: Chris Matthews
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41
- A Portrait of My Father
- De: George W. Bush
- Narrado por: George W. Bush
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,725
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,538
George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st president. Forty-three men have served as president of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a president told the story of his father, another president, through his own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush’s life and career.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and Honoring
- De Marie en 12-24-14
De: George W. Bush
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Secret Lives of the First Ladies
- What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Women of The White House
- De: Cormac O'Brien
- Narrado por: Teresa DeBerry
- Duración: 12 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trivia delight
- De Jean en 01-11-15
De: Cormac O'Brien
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Lady Bird and Lyndon
- The Hidden Story of a Marriage That Made a President
- De: Betty Boyd Caroli
- Narrado por: Amanda Carlin
- Duración: 16 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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A fresh look at Lady Bird Johnson that upends her image as a plain Jane who was married for her money and mistreated by Lyndon. This Lady Bird worked quietly behind the scenes through every campaign, every illness, and a trying presidency as a key strategist, fundraiser, barnstormer, peacemaker, and indispensable therapist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lady Bird & btw Lyndon
- De Richard en 11-27-15
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The Real Romney
- De: Michael Kranish, Scott Helman
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 63
Mitt Romney has masterfully positioned himself as the front-runner for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Even though he's become a household name, the former Massachusetts governor remains an enigma to many in America, his character and core convictions elusive, his record little known. Who is the man behind that high-wattage smile? In this definitive, unflinching biography by Boston Globe investigative reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, listeners will finally discover the real Romney.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hard to conceal resentment and feign objectvity...
- De I F Leger en 02-10-12
De: Michael Kranish, y otros
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We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- De: Cokie Roberts
- Narrado por: Cokie Roberts
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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In this 10th anniversary edition, renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts once again examines the nature of women's roles. From mother to mechanic, sister to soldier, Roberts reveals how much progress has now been made and how much further we have to go. Updated and expanded to include a diverse new cast of women, including Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Billie Jean King, and others, this collection of essays offers tremendous insight into the opportunities and challenges that women encounter today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read or “listen” for all women and girls!!
- De monica en 09-30-19
De: Cokie Roberts
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Leadership
- De: Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Narrado por: Beau Bridges, David Morse, Jay O. Sanders, y otros
- Duración: 18 h y 5 m
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Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What makes a president great?
- De tru britty en 09-25-18
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Counselor
- A Life at the Edge of History
- De: Ted Sorensen
- Narrado por: Ted Sorensen
- Duración: 14 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Ted Sorensen, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor, recounts in full, for the first time, his experience counseling Kennedy through some of the most dramatic moments in American history. Rising from legislative assistant to speechwriter and advisor, the young lawyer from Nebraska worked closely with JFK on his most important speeches, as well as his book Profiles in Courage. Sorensen encouraged the junior senator's political ambitions and was later named special counsel to the president.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Rare Insight
- De Robert en 05-10-08
De: Ted Sorensen
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Eleanor Roosevelt
- Volume I, 1884-1933
- De: Blanche Wiesen Cook
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 22 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 189
Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great men and women of her time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of the Great Americans I knew too little about
- De Ray M en 07-19-20
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Franklin Roosevelt
- A Captivating Guide to the Life of FDR
- De: Captivating History
- Narrado por: Duke Holm
- Duración: 1 h y 41 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 22
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 22
As the 32nd president of the United States of America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a common household name in both his home country and the world. Known as the man who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, Roosevelt was a leader and a statesman, a scholar, and a politician. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only president to have served for three consecutive terms and voted in for a fourth, a fact that allows him to stand out among the long list of American presidents.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The top book, I love Franklin.
- De Elizabeth en 11-04-17
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Coolidge: An American Enigma
- De: Robert Sobel
- Narrado por: Charles Bice
- Duración: 16 h y 53 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 149
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 131
Sobel instead exposes the real Coolidge, whose legacy as the most Jeffersonian of all twentieth-century presidents still reverberates today. Sobel delves into the record to show how Coolidge cut taxes four times, had a budget surplus every year in office, and cut the national debt by a third in a period of unprecedented economic growth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Book Exciting As It's Subject!!!
- De Ted en 08-28-12
De: Robert Sobel
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The Rockefellers
- De: Peter Collier, David Horowitz
- Narrado por: Michael Anthony
- Duración: 30 h y 44 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
Against a richly detailed backdrop of history, the story of this unique American family unfolds. It begins with John D. Rockefeller Sr., who amassed a fortune amid the muck and disorder of the Pennsylvania oil fields and left his son to deal with the public outcry.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too Long
- De Rohit en 05-25-07
De: Peter Collier, y otros
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Coolidge
- De: Amity Shlaes
- Narrado por: Terence Aselford
- Duración: 21 h y 4 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 813
Calvin Coolidge, president from 1923 to 1929, never rated highly in polls, and history has remembered the decade in which he served as an extravagant period predating the Great Depression. Now Amity Shlaes provides a fresh look at the 1920s and its elusive president, showing that the mid-1920s was in fact a triumphant period that established our modern way of life: The nation electrified, Americans drove their first cars, and the federal deficit was replaced with a surplus.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Silent Cal
- De Jean en 02-19-13
De: Amity Shlaes
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A Nation of Nations
- A Story of America After the 1965 Immigration Law
- De: Tom Gjelten
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was 90 percent white, 10 percent African American, with a little more than 100 families who were "other". Currently the African American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than 50 percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually "Americanize".
De: Tom Gjelten
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Theodore Roosevelt
- A Strenuous Life
- De: Kathleen Dalton
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 27 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79
Esteemed Harvard University historian and Associate Fellow Kathleen Dalton has been studying Theodore Roosevelt since 1975. This authoritative work, incorporating the latest scholarship, paints a compelling portrait of the president in all his robust glory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Biography
- De viennacoup en 10-18-05
De: Kathleen Dalton
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre From Poverty to Presidency
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Helpful summary of LBJ's Life & Presidency
Kurt Russell provides a brief and helpful descriptive overview of the life and presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. This primer to the Johnson era, which also treats the life of Lady Bird, is more synopsis than story more reporting than analysis.
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