Means Of Ascent (Record no. 19617)
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 0394528352 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER | |
| International Standard Serial Number | 9780394528359 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 973.923092 Car |
| Item number | 15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 973.923092 Car |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Caro, Robert A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Means Of Ascent |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Robert A. Caro |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | the Years of Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1990 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 506 p |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | The years of Lyndon Johnson |
| Number of part/section of a work | [2] |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction: Ends and means -- Part I : "Too Slow" -- Going back -- All quiet on the Western front -- In the Pacific -- Lady Bird -- Marking time -- Buying and selling -- One of a crowd – Part II : The Old and the New -- The story of Coke Stevenson -- Head start -- "Will!" -- The Flying windmill -- All or nothing -- The stealing -- Lists of names -- Qualities of leadership -- The making of a legend -- A love story -- Three rings. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Carries Johnson from his 19th senate defeat through WWII and on to the securing of his political and economic fortunes.; Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. In Means of Ascent the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer/historian, chronicler also of Robert Moses in The Power Broker, carries Johnson through his service in World War II and the foundation of his long-concealed fortune and the facts behind the myths he created about it. But the explosive heart of the book is Caro's revelation of the true story of the fiercely contested 1948 senatorial election, for forty years shrouded in rumor, which Johnson had to win or face certain political death, and which he did win -- by "the 87 votes that changed history." Caro makes us witness to a momentous turning point in American politics: the tragic last stand of the old politics versus the new -- the politics of issue versus the politics of image, mass manipulation, money and electronic dazzle. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Information code or alphabet | 60893 |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnson, Lyndon B. |
| Dates associated with a name | 1908-1973 |
| 610 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Source of heading or term | Congress |
| Form subdivision | Senate Elections |
| Chronological subdivision | 1948 |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Presidents |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biography |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Elections |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century |
| Geographic subdivision | Texas |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 1865-1950 |
| Geographic subdivision | Texas |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Pressure |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Public note |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 13.77 | 2 | 973.923092 Car | 60893 | 2013-02-20 | 2013-01-08 | In Memory of : Ida Blaine |