The Vantage Point - Perspectives of the Presidency - 1963-1969 (w/TLS Tipped in)

JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines

ISBN 10: 0030844924 / ISBN 13: 9780030844928

Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1972

About this Item

Bound in red cloth, stamped in red and gold. Sans the dust jacket. This is the first edition of this important book on the Presidency. The highlight of this book is a tipped in (to the front pastedown) a Typed Letter Signed by LBJ on his personal stationery depicting a gold eagle with his initials beneath. Dated 1/5/72. In great condition, due to its being protected in the book for the past 40+ year. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 5005420

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Vantage Point - Perspectives of the ...

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY

Publication Date: 1972

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Typed Letter Signed

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

What is it about election years? The recent publication of the fourth volume in Robert Caro’s massive biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson may not answer this question, but it does make us rethink the legacy of LBJ, and compel us to acknowledge the power, the responsibility and the basic human dimension of America’s highest elected office. Lyndon Johnson was the fourth man to assume the office after the assassination of the president, joining company with those following the assassination of Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. In The Vantage Point Johnson memorably recalls those terrible minutes in the Dallas motorcade when Secret Service Agent Youngblood “pushed me to the floor and sat on my right shoulder to keep me down and protect me… I was still not clear about what was happening.”