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The long-awaited fourth volume , "The Passage of Power," is due out on May 1. It covers Johnson's vice presidency and his ascension to the presidency after John F. Kennedy's assassination.

The Years of Lyndon Johnson is a biography of Lyndon B. Johnson by the American writer Robert Caro.

An excerpt from the book concerning the events of Nov. Johnson was born in in the hardscrabble Texas hill country, an area so remote that most residents didn't even have electricity until the late s. Unlike another president who identifies himself with Texas, Lyndon Johnson pulled himself up out of a life of little opportunity , becoming a teacher, and then pursuing elected office, inspired by his father's service in the Texas legislature.

From a very young age, he knew he wanted to be president, and did everything from ingratiating himself with anybody who could help him gain influence to taking enormous, undocumented donations to, many allege, stealing elections to achieve that goal. Moses' legacy on the New York infrastructure is still debated. A fifth Johnson volume is promised by the publisher, and if it follows the frequency already established, we should expect it around I'm so looking forward to this book.

As well, right now the New Yorker has 6 previous Caro pieces digital versions "unlocked" at the moment. Robert Caro is a Master.

The first volume of his epic, multi-volume The Years of Lyndon Johnson appeared thirty years ago, and follow-up volumes have appeared in , , and now in

I saw the excerpt in the New Yorker on the newstand and was so excited I almost did a back flip. I bought it and read the Hell out of it, and come May 1st I will be buying Volume 4 as fast as I can. Caro is 77 years old.