Book Review of Robert Caro's THE PASSAGE OF POWER

[Bill Kelly]

I just got this book yesterday.

I am about a hundred pages into it.

Does not look good. I really wonder, if all these people actually read the books they review.

I will say this, Caro is a skillful and supple writer who knows how to carry a narrative.

But I have always been one who says that what you are saying is as important, or in the field of history, even more important than how you say it.

Jim, I didn't get this book yet. Can you tell me what Caro says about two things - does he mention the phone call LBJ made to J. Waddy Bullion either from Parkland or AF1? I read the article in the New Yorker and he doesn't mention this important phone call.

And, What does he say about the phone calls LBJ made from the Executive Office Building (EOB) from the time they got back from Texas (6pm) until 9 pm?

What I want to know is why does it took nearly nearly two hours to get from the EOB to his home the Elms? As I point out in my blog post The Tipping Point - they leave the EOB at a very specific time and arrive at the Elms at a very specific time - more than an hour and a half hours later - what happened in between?

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Someone told me that Caro says they drove around Washington and picked up one or two people. Who were they?

If anyone else can answer these questions before Jim, much appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill Kelly