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depression of, 70, 107, 121, 142, 156, 160, 182, 183, 202, 235–36, 244, 245, 266, 267, 269–70, 284, 286, 295, 318, 343, 354, 357, 373, 382, 385
determination of, 63–64
drinking by, 105, 176, 210, 212–13, 245, 367
education of, 43–48
egotism of, 174, 176, 198, 238
energy and enthusiasm of, 48, 58, 86, 91, 267–68
exercise by, 315–16
extravagance of, 77–78
father’s political lessons for, 39–40, 45
FDR and, 95, 142
first Senate run of, 118–21
foreign travel by, 209–12
fragility of, 4, 65–66, 68
funeral of, 387–88
gaffes by, 242
gesture towards Jacqueline Kennedy by, 232–33
as gifted orator, 58–59, 60, 145, 187
good humor of, 269
grandiosity of, 131
as grandparent, 382
Great Society programs of, 241–42, 265–66
health problems of, 67, 72, 94, 126, 152, 154, 181, 182, 198, 213, 244–45, 265–67, 283–84, 295, 302–3, 321–22, 346, 384–87
heart attack of, 23, 107, 176–77, 180–88, 192–94, 198, 213, 244–45, 246, 265, 290, 367, 382, 421n
hectic schedule of, 224–25
in House of Representatives, 36, 95–100, 143–48
housing bill of, 362–63
humble beginnings of, 35, 62
hunger for approval and adoration by, 29
Hurd’s portrait rejected by, 347–48
immigration bill signing by, 281–82
impromptu appearances by, 102–3
inauguration of, 263–65
insecurity and neediness of, 28–29, 70, 198, 309
Kennedy loyalists and, 227–28
Kleberg’s office run by, 59–60, 69, 92, 130
Lady Bird as political partner of, 67, 83, 84, 95, 216–18, 226, 230–31, 233–34, 240, 260–64
Lady Bird courted by, 61–79
Lady Bird encouraged to excel by, 133, 211, 256–57
Lady Bird loved and needed by, 4, 67–68, 104, 160, 177, 268–69, 302
Lady Bird’s introduction to, 56, 58, 60–61
law school classes of, 70, 72
on legacy, 382–83
legislation promoted by, 226
at Lynda’s wedding, 2–5
“maiden” Senate speech of, 161–62
as manic depressive, 269–70, 309, 373
at Medicare signing, 274–75
memoir written by, 368, 371–72
minimum wage backed by, 100
mood swings of, 60, 67, 71, 72, 86, 87, 202–3, 267–68, 269–70, 271, 273–74, 309, 314, 373–74, 376, 385
mother’s relationship with, 29–30, 36–37, 39, 41–44, 46, 48, 62
at National Youth Administration, 89, 90, 106, 293
in 1964 election, 235–62, 289, 291, 367
1965 inauguration of, 65
1968 presidential run considered by, 345–46, 351, 354, 359–61
overwork and exhaustion of, 119, 146, 175–76
paranoia of, 274, 276, 308–9, 380
parenting by, 40, 165–67, 168, 224–26, 317
pessimism of, 8, 126
petulance of, 133, 211, 256–57
phone conversations of, 139, 174, 278
political ascendancy of, 121, 142, 173–74, 176
political favors of, 98–100, 131, 173
politically attuned nature of, 4, 251–52
popularity of, 100, 131, 232, 246, 260
populist side of, 209–10
potential spotted in, 59, 60
poverty issues and, 106, 241–42, 248, 270–71, 360; see also War on Poverty
presidency and personal wealth of, 220–22
as president, 159, 216–86, 287–304, 305–24
presidential aspirations of, 182, 188–90, 193–94, 290
ranch purchased by, 164–65
reassurance needed by, 339
removal from 1964 ticket as possible for, 213–14
in retirement, 367, 372–77
in return to Texas, 365
road construction done by, 42–43
rudeness to Lady Bird by, 134
secretive nature of, 76–77, 91, 230, 274, 278, 308–9, 349, 350, 376, 380
seen as demeaning and bullying to Lady Bird, 3, 73
self-pity of, 236, 269, 348
in Senate, see Senate, U.S.
siblings’ relationship with, 40
social programs of, 265–66
son wanted by, 125, 192
spontaneity of, 90–91, 111, 278–79, 281–82, 350
State of the Union addresses of, 228, 265, 346, 359–60
strong women respected by, 48
sympathy for underdog by, 47–48
tax bill of, 226, 232, 238
as teacher, 47–48, 58
temper of, 69, 71, 85–86, 119, 176, 186–87, 203, 212, 256–57, 261, 273, 274, 279, 284–85, 308, 309, 311, 351, 354, 385, 429n
thrifty nature of, 109–10
T.J.’s similarities to, 64, 67, 69, 75, 84
TV investments cautioned by, 124–25
unhappiness in vice presidency of, 199, 208–14, 291
at United Nations anniversary, 273–74
unpopularity of, 174–75, 190–91, 348, 399
as vice-presidential candidate, 195–204
and Vietnam War, 267, 285, 305–9, 311–12, 315, 316–17, 323–24, 343, 362
Watts riots and, 276–78
wealth of, 137, 138–39, 144, 172–73, 247–50, 383, 385, 426n
wedding of, 3, 5, 34, 80–82
White House Festival of the Arts and, 271–73
Whitney speech of, 187
womanizing and flirtatious nature of, 3–4, 7–8, 73, 115–17, 148–52, 159–60, 192–94, 233, 325–31, 334–36, 337–41, 343–44, 376, 391
Johnson, Philip, 377
Johnson, Rebekah, see Bobbitt, Rebekah Johnson
Johnson, Rebekah Baines, 28–29, 38, 60, 120, 126, 157, 164, 337
career aspirations of, 31, 36, 62
class-consciousness of, 29, 35–37, 40, 45, 372
death of, 290
early married life of, 34–36
education of, 29, 30–31
Lady Bird and, 62
LBJ’s relationship with, 29–30, 36–37, 41–44, 46, 48, 62
Lynda and, 139, 165
Johnson, Sam Ealy, Jr., 29, 62
appearance and personality of, 31–32, 33
background of, 31–32, 372
death of, 35, 41, 382
drinking problem of, 41–42
financial misfortunes of, 37–38, 41
home of, 34–35
as politician, 31, 33, 36–37, 38–40, 41, 42, 45, 58
Rebekah’s first meeting with, 31, 33
Johnson, Sam Ealy, Sr., 32
Johnson, Sam Houston, 96, 100, 141, 169, 375–76
Johnson, Tom, 32, 361, 375
Johnson City, Tex., 38, 43, 58, 222, 325, 382
Johnson City School, 38, 167
John XXIII, Pope, 328
Jorden, William, 371
Kansas, 163
Kansas City, Mo., 275
Karnack, Tex., 11, 12, 13–14, 15–16, 18, 21, 22–23, 26, 27, 49–51, 58, 61, 64, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 82, 89, 132, 134, 210, 241, 281, 316
LBJ’s trip to, 78–80
Kearns, Doris, see Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Kellam, Carolyn, 225
Kellam, Jesse, 90, 124, 138, 181, 220, 225, 277, 340
Kellam, Louise, 225
Kellogg Sanitarium, 12–13, 16, 20, 53
Kennedy, Caroline, 205, 219, 313
Kennedy, Ethel, 201, 351
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 3, 194, 198, 207, 224, 231, 313, 321, 368
death of, 332
JFK’s infidelity and, 331–33, 335
Lady Bird compared with, 3, 4, 223, 239–40, 262
Lady Bird’s r
enewed relationship with, 395–96
“magic” and style of, 3, 4, 223, 239, 240
new life and career of, 393
pregnancy of, 199
press avoided by, 228
privacy valued by, 222–23
public appearances kept to a minimum by, 205–6
in wake of JFK’s assassination, 219
Kennedy, John, Jr., 205, 233
Kennedy, John F., 46, 213, 220, 230, 243, 292, 342–43
assassination of, 3, 215–16, 220, 232, 233, 239, 246, 259, 266, 291, 350–51, 368, 371, 434n
blind trust of, 221
commemorations of, 251
death of, 292
funeral of, 221
LBJ’s relationship with, 213–14
in 1960 election, 194, 195–200, 204, 253, 260
passage of civil rights law and, 226
posthumous popularity of, 239
Vietnam War and, 306
on Washington, 292
womanizing by, 326, 327, 331–33, 340
Kennedy, Robert, 201, 204, 309, 351
as LBJ’s rival, 346
and 1964 election, 239, 250–51
Kennedy, Rose, 200–201, 216
Kennedys:
disdain for Johnsons by, 198–99
highbrow culture and, 271
LBJ’s paranoia about, 276
supporters of, 227–28, 271, 351
Kentucky, 242
Kerr, Robert, 163–64
Ketchum, James, 241, 363–64
Khan, Mohammed Ayub, 206
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 332
King, Martin Luther, Jr., assassination of, 362–63
King Ranch, 62–63
Kirkpatrick, Alice Glass, see Glass, Alice
Kirkpatrick, Richard J., 415n
Kissinger, Henry, 330, 374–75
Kitt, Eartha, 353
Kleberg, Alice Gertrudis King, 63
Kleberg, Richard, 59–60, 62–63, 69, 80, 84, 92, 130
Kohlmeier, Louis, 247
Kosygin, Alexei, 355
Kraskin, Robert A., 318
Krim, Arthur, 276, 342–43, 360, 367
Krim, Mathilde, 276, 342–43, 360, 367
KTBC, 135–39, 144–46, 165, 166, 169, 171, 213, 250, 258, 340
Kuehne, Hugo, 58, 61
Ku Klux Klan, Sam’s attacks on, 40
KVET, 138
KWTX, 172
labor, 188
Labor Department, U.S., 294
Ladies’ Home Journal, 217
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 394
Lady Bird Lake, 394–95
Lady Bird Special, 253–56, 260
Lafayette Park, 287
Lamb, Brian, 259
Lambert, William, 250
Lambertville, Pa., 277
Lane, Dorothy, 117
Lash, Joseph, 398
Lasker, Albert, 290
Lasker, Mary, 222, 287, 289–93, 297, 300, 336, 361
Lasseter, Eugenia “Gene” Boehringer, 51–54, 75–76, 82, 279–80
as conservative Democrat, 110–11, 158
LBJ introduced to Lady Bird by, 56, 58, 60–61, 78
Lazarus, Emma, 281
LBJ Holding Company, 396
LBJ Presidential Library, 368, 371, 377–81, 386, 388
civil rights symposium at, 386
LBJ Ranch, 66, 164–65, 167, 173, 202, 213, 214, 228, 244, 268, 273, 275, 277, 285, 310, 314–16, 321, 327, 328, 334–35, 343, 347, 358, 365, 366–67, 369, 373–74, 381–88, 393, 397
additions to, 221–22
appearance of house at, 366–67
Lady Bird’s entertaining at, 206–7
Lady Bird’s increased time spent at, 355–56
LBJ’s convalescence at, 184–87
as national historic site, 366
National Park Service takeover of, 385
Lee, Ray, 94
Leinsdorf, Erich, 112–13, 282
Leonard, Joseph, 331
Lewinsky, Monica, 333
Liberty Island, 281–82
Life magazine, 243, 249–50, 276
Lincoln, Evelyn, 220
Lincoln, Nebr., 314
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, 217–18, 224
Lindbergh, Charles, 217, 223
Ling-Temco-Vought, 213
Lippmann, Walter, 285
Little Congress, 60
Llano River, 268
London, 299, 311, 362, 395
Loney, Kate Deadrich, 268
Longhorn Ordnance, 133–34
Longlea, 112, 117–18
Look, 217–18, 224
Look magazine, 351–52
Lord & Thomas, 290
Los Angeles, Calif., 42, 46, 321
Watts riots in, 276–77
Los Angeles Times, 260
Louchheim, Kathleen “Katie,” 174–75, 185–88, 190–91, 211, 319, 320
Louisiana, 30
Lovett, Robert, 132
Lowell, Robert, 272
Lower Colorado River Authority, 98
Luce, Clare Boothe, 150
Luce, Henry, 150, 249
Lucky Strike cigarettes, 290
lunching, 188
Luxembourg, 336–37
Lyndon B. Johnson, Lake, 277
McAllister, Gerald, 357
MacBird!, 352
McCall’s, 371
McCammon, Vicky, 222, 309, 316, 342, 343, 358, 361
McCarthy, Joseph, 168
McClendon, Sarah, 159–60, 179, 418n
McCrea, Victor, 54, 56, 76
McDermott, Margaret, 430n
MacDonald, Sally, 159, 179, 418n
McGovern, George, 307
McHugh, Simon, 358
McKinney, Tex., 30
McKinstry, Arthur K., 80–81
McNamara, Robert, 306–7
McPherson, Harry, 211–12, 309, 327
Madison, Dolley, 190, 292
Madison Square Garden, 342
Malechek, Dale, 367, 373
Malechek, Jewell, 372, 373, 387
Manchester, William, 350–51
manic depression, 269–70, 373
Mansfield, Mike, 285
Margaret, Princess, 284, 328
Marine Band, 2, 4
Marks, Leonard, 123–25, 142, 171
Marsh, Charles, 111–13, 116–18
Marshall, Tex., 24, 26, 69–70, 127, 252
Marshall High School, 26
Martha’s Vineyard, 395–96, 400
Martin, Frank (Lyndon’s aunt), 164
Matisse, Henri, 299
Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Felix, 52–54, 88, 94
Mauldin, Bill, 303
Mauldin, Mo., 202
Maverick, Maury, 88, 100
Maverick, Terrell, 100
as mentor, 88, 89, 101, 207
Mayer, Margaret, 147
Mayfield, Jack, 54
Mayo Clinic, 155, 183
Means, Marianne, 233, 276, 330, 343
medical insurance, 103
Medicare, signing of, 274–75
Meir, Golda, 386
Menzies, Robert, 316
Mercer, Lucy, see Rutherfurd, Lucy
Merrill, Robert, 231
Mesta, Perle, 205
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 240
Metropolitan Opera, 113
Mexico, 47, 53–54, 360, 377
honeymoon in, 78, 82–83
Michigan, 241–42
Middleburg, Va., 176
Middlebury College, 354
Middleton, Harry, 23, 317, 371, 388, 400
Milligan, Norma, 389
minimum wage, 100, 110
Miss Hubrick’s school, 167
Mississippi, 151, 240
Democratic delegations from, 251
integration in, 243–44
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), 251
Moffo, Anna, 282
Monroe, Marilyn, 332
Montgomery, Ala., 79, 215
Montgomery, Ruth, 334
Mooney, Booth,
183, 207
Morrissey, Cissy, 276
Moshier, Bertha, 13
Moss, Rodney (adopted son of Josefa Johnson Moss), 169
Moursund, A. W., 165, 222, 383
Moyers, Bill, 244, 249, 283, 312, 344, 361, 389
eulogy for Lady Bird by, 350, 400
on Lady Bird, 162–63, 270, 285, 354
LBJ’s falling out with, 349–50, 375
on LBJ’s mood swings, 269–70, 274, 279
Murrow, Edward R., 137
National Aeronautics and Space Council, 211
National Archives, 379
National Capital Housing Authority, 297
National Capital Planning Commission, 292
National City Christian Church, 388
National Guard, 32, 247, 278
National Observer, 295
national parks, 295
National Park Service, 296, 385
National Retail Bakers Association, 208
National Security Council, 317
National Wildflower Research Center, 394
National Youth Administration, 106, 107, 150, 293
LBJ at, 89, 90, 106, 293
Navy, U.S., LBJ in, 126–28
Nazi Germany, 113, 149
NBC, 137, 343
Neff, Pat, 58
Newark, N.J., 277
New Deal, 83, 97, 106, 108, 109, 110, 113, 115
New Jersey Turnpike, 291
New Mexico, 16, 163
New Orleans, La., 50, 255, 256
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 175, 190
Newsday, 349
Newsweek, 176, 194, 257, 389
New York, N.Y., 75, 113, 116, 232, 242, 246, 275, 281, 289, 290, 291, 318, 352, 393, 396
Lady Bird’s first visit to, 55
New York Post, 290
New York Review of Books, 371
New York State, 16
New York Times, 111, 176, 224, 246, 261, 272, 275, 276, 311, 347, 348, 372, 376
Best Seller list of, 370
Nicolson, Adela Florence (Laurence Hope), 365, 436n
Nixon, Pat, 194, 204–5, 303, 364, 368
Nixon, Richard, 103, 228, 380, 385, 386
advisors of, 374–75
and end of Vietnam War, 388
inauguration of, 364–65
in 1960 election, 195, 197, 204
on Vietnam War, 323
North Carolina, in election of 1964, 260
North Vietnam, 306
Nugent, Claudia Taylor, 439n
Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson, 2, 65, 158, 178–79, 185, 192, 222, 243, 244, 249, 258, 317, 328, 355, 358, 382, 392, 396, 399, 427n, 438n, 439n
character of, 318
childhood of, 165–66, 168
conversion to Catholicism by, 282, 318–19
on “Daddy duty,” 275
eighth birthday of, 175–76
on LBJ’s decision not to run, 360–61
marriage of, 319–20
in 1964 election, 235, 255
remarriage of, 397
sense of deprivation of, 178–79, 180
in the White House, 224–26
Nugent, Nicole Marie, see Covert, Nicole Marie Nugent