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AngryAmish

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5. Have you read the Caro series?

Reply to HiPointDem (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 20, 2012, 11:26 AM

Apr 2012

It is magnificent. I think they are my favorite books. Fantastic writing and incredible subject matter. This is the history of this man and his time - people will be reading these books in 500 years (assuming the language does not change too much).

I think Moyers has a moral obligation to talk to Caro.

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Bill Moyers will not be interviewed about LBJ by Robert Caro [View all] AngryAmish Apr 2012 OP

maybe Moyers EC Apr 2012 #1

Bill Moyers has not covered himself with glory or credibility in relation to the JFK Assassination 321Morrow Apr 2012 #2

Moyers was a Peace Corps exec under Kennedy. Not Johnson's assistant, as the link claims, HiPointDem Apr 2012 #3

Have you read the Caro series? AngryAmish Apr 2012 #5

Agreed about Caro's LBJ books - they are extraordinary. hifiguy Apr 2012 #8

Agree. ananda Apr 2012 #7

Bill Moyers was in Austin, TX on 11/22/63 321Morrow Apr 2012 #9

Bill Moyers interned for one summer with LBJ in 1954. Then he went to college and worked HiPointDem Apr 2012 #11

Actually JFK overruled the Secret Service on the bubble top and ordered it off for Dallas WI_DEM Apr 2012 #6

R#1 & K for, am waiting with baited breath. Three months ago I started reading the LBJ 3 volumes UTUSN Apr 2012 #4

Two good books to read about Lyndon Johnson 321Morrow Apr 2012 #10

Well, I'm on pre-order, and am waiting for the Vol. 4 UTUSN Apr 2012 #12

Another good book on more limited scale Naive01 May 2012 #13

Secret Service treachery JBCampbell Dec 2013 #14