内容简介
ThisisthestoryoftherisetonationalpowerofadesperatelypooryoungmanfromtheTexasHillCountry.ThePathtoPowerrevealsinextraordinarydetailthegenesisofthealmostsuperhumandrive,energy,andambitionthatsetLBJapart.ItfollowshimfromtheHillCountrytoNewDealWashington,fromhisboyhoodthroughtheyearsoftheDepressiontohisdebutasCongressman,hisheartbreakingdefeatinhisfirstracefortheSenate,andhisattainment,nonetheless,atage31,ofthenationalpowerforwhichhehungered.Inthisbook,wearebroughtascloseaswehaveeverbeentoatrueperceptionofpoliticalgeniusandtheAmericanpoliticalprocess.MeansofAscent,BookTwoofTheYearsofLyndonJohnson,wasanumberonenationalbestsellerand,likeThePathtoPower,receivedtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.
作者简介
ForhisbiographiesofRobertMosesandLyndonJohnson,RobertA.CarohastwicewonthePulitzerPrizeforBiography,twicewontheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforBestNonfictionBookoftheYear,andhasalsowonvirtuallyeveryothermajorliteraryhonor,includingtheNationalBookAward,theGoldMedalinBiographyfromtheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,andtheFrancisParkmanPrize,awardedbytheSocietyofAmericanHistorianstothebookthatbest"exemplifiestheunionofthehistorianandtheartist."Tocreatehisfirstbook,ThePowerBroker:RobertMosesandtheFallofNewYork,Carospentsevenyearstracingandtalkingwithhundredsofmenandwomenwhoworkedwith,for,oragainstRobertMoses,includingascoreofhistopaides.Heexaminedmountainsoffilesneveropentothepublic.Everywhereacclaimedasamodernclassic,ThePowerBrokerwaschosenbytheModernLibraryasoneofthehundredgreatestnon-fictionbooksofthetwentiethcentury.Itis,accordingtoDavidHalberstam,"Surelythegreatestbookeverwrittenaboutacity."AndTheNewYorktimesBookReviewsaid:"Inthefuture,thescholarwhowritesthehistoryofAmericancitiesinthetwentiethcenturywilldoubtlessbeginwiththisextraordinaryeffort."ToresearchTheYearsofLyndonJohnson,Caroandhiswife,Ina,movedfromhisnativeNewYorkCitytotheTexasHillCountryandthentoWashington,D.C.,toliveinthelocalesinwhichJohnsongrewupandinwhichhebuilt,whilehewasstillyoung,hisfirstpoliticalmachine.HehasspentyearsexaminingdocumentsattheJohnsonLibraryinAustinandinterviewingmenandwomenconnectedwithJohnson'slife,manyofwhomhadneverbeforebeeninterviewed.ThefirstvolumeofTheYearsofLyndonJohnson,ThePathtoPower,wascitedbyTheWashingtonPostas"proofthatweliveinagreatageofbiography...[abook]ofradiantexcellence...Caro'sevocationoftheTexasHillCountry,hiselaborationofJohnson'sunsleepingambition,hisunderstandingofhowpoliticsactuallywork,are—letitbesaidflatout—atthesummitofAmericanhistoricalwriting."ProfessorHenryF.GraffofColumbiaUniversitycalledthesecondvolume,MeansofAscent,"brilliant.NoreviewdoesjusticetothedramaofthestoryCaroistelling,whichisnothinglessthanhowpresent-daypoliticswasborn."AndtheLondonTimeshailedvolumethree,MastersoftheSenate,as"amasterpiece...RobertCarohaswrittenonofthetrulygreatpoliticalbiographiesofthemodernage.""CarohasauniqueplaceamongAmericanpoliticalbiographers,"accordingtoTheBostonGlobe."Hehasbecome,inmanyways,thestandardbywhichhisfellowsaremeasured."AndNicholasvonHoffmanwrote:"Carohaschangedtheartofpoliticalbiography."CarograduatedfromPrincetonUniversityandlaterbecameaNiemanFellowatHarvardUniversity.HelivesinNewYorkCitywithhiswife,Ina,anhistorianandwriter.,,
