{"product_id":"lady-bird-johnson-hiding-in-plain-sight-9780812985849","title":"Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \"A revelation . . . a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the documentary film \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Bird Diaries, \u003c\/i\u003epremiering November 13 on Hulu\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps the most underestimated First Lady of the twentieth century, Lady Bird Johnson was also one of the most powerful. In \u003ci\u003eLady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, \u003c\/i\u003e Julia Sweig reveals how indispensable the First Lady was to Lyndon Johnson's administration--which Lady Bird called \"our\" presidency. In addition to advising him through critical moments, she took on her own policy initiatives, including the most ambitious national environmental effort since Theodore Roosevelt and a virtually unknown initiative to desegregate access to public recreation and national parks in Washington, D.C. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhere no presidential biographer has understood Lady Bird's full impact, Julia Sweig is the first to draw substantially on her White House diaries and to place her center stage. In doing so, Sweig reveals a woman ahead of her time--and an accomplished strategist and politician in her own right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Texas Book Award - Longlisted for the PEN\/Jacqueline Bogard Weld Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Sweig\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of books on Cuba, Latin America, and American foreign policy. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNational Interest\u003c\/i\u003e, and in Brazil's \u003ci\u003eFolha de São Paulo\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets. Her book \u003ci\u003eInside the Cuban Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e won the American Historical Association's 2003 Herbert Feis Award. She served as senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations for fifteen years and concurrently led the Aspen Institute's congressional seminar on Latin America for ten years. She holds a doctorate and master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University. She is a non-resident senior research fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin and lives with her family outside of Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452783399186,"sku":"9780812985849","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_566f5519-cb85-4114-8a4c-8cecb8206a5d.jpg?v=1729822141","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lady-bird-johnson-hiding-in-plain-sight-9780812985849","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}