Download or read book The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of ascent written by Robert A. Caro and published by Random House. This book was released on 1992 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals some grotesqueries of American politics. For this is the time when Johnson created for himself an exaggerated record as a war hero, when he and his wife made themselves rich by juggling radio station licences and when Johnson won, by 87 dubious votes, his first seat in the US Senate.