The Path to Power cover art

The Path to Power

The Years of Lyndon Johnson

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Path to Power

By: Robert A. Caro
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £29.99

Buy Now for £29.99

About this listen

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from the Texas Hill Country. The Path to Power reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and ambition that set LBJ apart. It follows him from the Hill Country to New Deal Washington, from his boyhood through the years of the Depression to his debut as Congressman, his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, at age 31, of the national power for which he hungered.

In this book, we are brought as close as we have ever been to a true perception of political genius and the American political process. Means of Ascent, Book Two of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, was a number-one national best seller and, like The Path to Power, received the National Book Critics Circle Award.

©1981, 1982 Robert A. Caro, Inc. (P)2013 Audible, Inc. Americas Historical Political Science Politicians Politics & Activism Politics & Government Presidents & Heads of State United States World Thought-Provoking Suspenseful
All stars
Most relevant
Grover Gardner does a brilliant job of narrating.
The Author's attention to detail is extraordinary. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in Texas and American political history in the period as well as just Lyndon Johnson.

"Events Dear Boy, Events."

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The first volume of the greatest political biography (and social history) I've ever read. Like LBJ himself Caro takes care of every detail and does absolutely everything to bring us the most compelling portrait of this frantically ambitious, ruthless man. Hard to listen to and mesmerizing at the same time. Highly recommended.

Mesmerizing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Astonishing narrative, detail and life to this hefty masterpiece of political biography. Covers the deep soil and roots of LBJ's rise to Congress.

An excellent path

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Can’t see it could be done better. Audio is superb as well. Front page is also sublime. A masterpiece.

Cotulla and Introduction

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
loved everything - too short please add more about his coffee habits:) looking forward to more

the best year of my life

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews