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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a biography? by rakejake on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:26AM (#30406870)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro. 4 books with a fifth one on the way. Pretty big time investment but the books are mostly standalone.

Beware, Caro's biographies will spoil most other biographies for you. His attention to detail is just mind boggling and he has been working on these books since the early 1970s. He does not just cover events and actions but goes deep into the "why".

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a biography? by eatonphil on Monday February 21, 2022 @10:27PM (#30423693)
Master of the Senate is just an incredible book. So well written and with such attention to background. I mean it starts with the founding of the US.
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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a biography? by romanhn on Sunday February 20, 2022 @04:40PM (#30409492)
Caro's The Power Broker, a biography of Robert Moses, was pretty great as well, even if you don't have a particular interest in public works.
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