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1 online resource (viii, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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Buntons, Baineses, Johnsons, and the Hill Country -- Buying the Family Ranch -- The Senate Years: Creating a Mythic Place from an Actual One, 1951-60 -- The Vice President's Ranch -- Creating the First Remote White House -- The President's Palace: The Ranch Day-to-Day, 1963-69 -- A Slice of Real America: Showcasing the Ranch during the Presidency -- Eastern Media and the Man from Texas: The Ranch as a Cross-Cultural Experience -- The Ranch as a Haven -- "Eight Hundred Yards up the Road": The Ranch and Retirement, 1969-73 -- Epilogue: Power and Place in American Culture |
| Summary |
In this detailed account of how the Johnson Ranch was used during LBJ's years in public office, readers will learn who visited, how they were fed and entertained, and how LBJ conducted the nation's business while there. Readers will get a fascinating interpretation of how the ranch influenced LBJ's self-image, promoted his rags-to-riches story, and gave him in retirement the one thing he truly craved: control |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Homes and haunts -- Texas -- Texas Hill Country
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast |
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LBJ Ranch House (Tex.)
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LBJ Ranch House (Tex.) fast |
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Ranch life -- Texas -- Texas Hill Country
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Homes
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Manners and customs
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Presidents
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Ranch life
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Texas Hill Country (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park (Tex.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004291
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Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
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Texas -- Texas Hill Country
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001001839 |
| ISBN |
1585449490 |
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9781585449491 |
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