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Lbj's Texas White House - Our Heart's Home (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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Lbj's Texas White House - Our Heart's Home (Hardcover, 1st ed)
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If Lyndon Baines Johnson was larger than life, the family ranch
with which he identified, which he and Lady Bird fondly called
their "heart's home," and which he made the Texas White House
during his five years as president, was part of the reason. In this
innovative history of the Johnson Ranch, its ethos and operation,
Hal K. Rothman has told a story unlike any other in western
history. It is a story of national and even international
dimensions, yet truly grounded in the Texas earth. It is a story of
the relationship between power and place in American culture.
The Johnson Ranch, to which LBJ took foreign dignitaries and
national political leaders and to which he himself returned often
while in office for renewal and perspective, represented the "real"
America to many of its visitors. For many Americans (and perhaps
for Johnson himself), the Texas White House evoked the national
ethos about rural America and family ties, yet it also had rapid
access by jet and the most sophisticated communications system in
the world.
In this detailed and engagingly written account of the way the
ranch was used during Johnson's years in public office, readers
will learn who visited, how they were fed and entertained and how
LBJ conducted the nation's business while there. Readers will also
get a fascinating interpretation of the role of the ranch in
forming Johnson's own self-image, in promoting Johnson and his
rags-to-riches story to the voting public, and in offering Johnson
in retirement the one thing he truly craved: control. The Johnson
Ranch offers a fascinating insight into the meaning of place in
American politics and culture.
After the president's death, and in accordance with Johnson's
wishes, parts of the ranch were incorporated into the Lyndon B.
Johnson National Historical Park, which now consists of the Boyhood
Home in Johnson City, the Birthplace, the Johnson Settlement, and
the Texas White House. Through the experiences it represents, which
are an integral part of Johnson's legacy, it has become one more
way in which this dynamic president has influenced U.S. history.
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