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T his year, the publishers are adding a nice incentive.
So give generously — $25, $50, $100 — and if you donate $150 or more, we’ll send you a hardcover copy of Monthly founder Charles Peters’ latest book, Lyndon B. Johnson, individually signed by the author. It’s the latest in “The American Presidents” series. The New Yorker says it is “illuminating” and “a resonant portrait of a man of prodigious political abilities, who was driven, but ultimately undone, by his temperamental flaws.”
The book is part of the American Presidents Series, biographies of almost all the presidents written in short volumes by major American writers. I didn’t think there was much more one could say about Lyndon Johnson but Peters made use of previously untapped primary sources and several compelling associates of the 36th president. It was very interesting book to read. I very much recommend it.
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