{"product_id":"the-thirty-first-of-march-an-intimate-portrait-of-lyndon-johnson-paperback-softback-9781477327470","title":"The Thirty-first of March; An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477327470","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Thirty-first of March\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHorace Busby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477327470, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 April 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e2.8 x 16.2 x 2 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYou might want to read, or re-read, the memoir of his speechwriter, first published in 2005 and now re-issued in paperback. . . [\u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-first of March\u003c\/i\u003e is] a work of significant value.\u003c\/div\u003e (The New York Sun)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson’s politics and presidency by one of his closest advisors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Horace Busby was one of LBJ’s most trusted advisors; their close working and personal relationship spanned twenty years. In \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-First of March\u003c\/i\u003e he offers an indelible portrait of a president and a presidency at a time of crisis. From the aftereffects of the Kennedy assassination, when Busby was asked by the newly sworn-in president to sit by his bedside during his first troubled nights in office, to the concerns that defined the Great Society-civil rights, the economy, social legislation, housing, and the Vietnam War-Busby not only articulated and refined Johnson's political thinking, he also helped shape the most ambitious, far-reaching legislative agenda since FDR's New Deal. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Here is Johnson the politician, Johnson the schemer, Johnson who advised against JFK’s choice of an open limousine that fateful day in Dallas, and Johnson the father, sickened by the deaths of young men fighting and dying in Vietnam on his orders. \u003ci\u003eThe Thirty-first of March\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of Johnson's presidency, as seen through the eyes of one of the people who understood him best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Prologue: The Sunday Shift \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. The Beginning of the Day \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. The Bomb Thrower \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Snowstorm in Mississippi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Playing President \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. The Keeper of the Flame \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Man Alone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. \"\u003cbr\u003eThe Candidate Has Disappeared\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Time of Triumph: Austin to Boston, 1960 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. The Last Roundup \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. A Friday Afternoon in Brussels \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. Forebodings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13. The President: Poison in the Power \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 14. Afternoon at Gettysburg, 1967 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 15. State of the Union \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 16. A Sunday at the White House \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 17. The Ninth Hour \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 18. The Close \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 19. Convulsion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 20. \"\u003cbr\u003eWell, See You Again, Sometime\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Note about the Author \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681771450648,"sku":"9781477327470","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-thirty-first-of-march-an-intimate-portrait-of-lyndon-johnson-paperback-softback-9781477327470","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}