Monthly Archives: April 2013

Johnson was not a natural speaker, and biographers report that he was always embarrassed by his Southern drawl, certain that he was not being taken seriously. The years as vice president were especially difficult in this regard; how could a … finish reading Selected Multimedia about LBJ

I am leading a Reed alumni trip, along with Michael Teskey, to the Hill Country of Texas to look at wildflowers and try to understand one of the most fascinating and complex figures of America’s 20th century, Lyndon Baines Johnson. … finish reading LBJ, Austin, and the Hill Country of Texas