Robert A. Caro · 1990
A political biography recounting Lyndon Johnson and his 1948 Senate election victory.
David Senra recommends it because it highlights a deeply meaningful historical moment about a narrow victory.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“The name comes from a key moment in Robert Caro's Means of Ascent, which recounts Lyndon Johnson's 1948 Senate election victory,…”
Why: Highlights a deeply meaningful historical moment about a narrow victory.
David Senra, Host on Founders#413 How To Run Down A Dream
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“Means of Ascent, the book about the election with Coke Stevenson, the 1948 Senate election. That is my favorite book perhaps ever.”
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