194 reviews for:

Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II

Robert A. Caro

4.59 AVERAGE

rachel331's review against another edition

4.25

slow-paced

go10's review against another edition

5.0

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Primarily about the 1948 Texas Senate race between Johnson and Coke Stevenson. The author really shows his admiration of Stevenson and disdain for Johnson. Richly detailed and engaging in its detail.

gspecker's review

4.75

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jasilver's review against another edition

4.5

funny informative reflective slow-paced

umdnik's review against another edition

5.0

informative tense medium-paced

med_librarian's review against another edition

3.75

informative slow-paced

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I am not sure the Texas Senate primary election of 1948 required its own book. Caro goes into sometimes excessive amounts of detail. Also, I don’t think Coke Stevenson was quite the hero Caro seems to think.

keith62's review against another edition

5.0

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muljadi's review

4.25

adventurous challenging informative reflective fast-paced

kinanik's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative slow-paced

mechahendrix's review against another edition

5.0

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