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Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride as Air Force One Pilot, White House Aide
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- Publication Date
- 2008-06-01
- ISBN
- 9780292717688
- Book Title
- Around the World with LBJ : My Wild Ride as Air Force One Pilot, White House Aide, and Personal Confidant
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Political Science
- Topic
- Food, Lodging & Transportation / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, American Government / Executive Branch, Military
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 18 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 220 Pages
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When Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to go somewhere, there was no stopping him. This dynamic president called for Air Force One as others summon a taxi--at a moment's notice, whatever the hour or the weather. And the man who made sure that LBJ got his ride was General James U. Cross, the president's hand-picked pilot, top military assistant, and personal confidante. One of the few Air Force One pilots to have a position, simultaneously, in the White House, General Cross is also the only member of LBJ's inner circle who has not publicly offered his recollections of the president. In this book, he goes on the record, creating a fascinating, behind-the-scenes portrait of America's complex, often contradictory, always larger-than-life thirty-sixth president.General Cross tells an engrossing story. In addition to piloting Air Force One around the globe, he served President Johnson in multiple capacities, including directing the Military Office in the White House; managing a secret two-million-dollar presidential emergency fund; supervising the presidential retreat at Camp David, the president's entire transportation fleet, and the presidential bomb shelters; running the White House Mess; hiring White House social aides, including the president's future son-in-law, Charles Robb; and writing condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Vietnam. This wide-ranging, around-the-clock access to President Johnson allowed Cross to witness events and share moments that add color and depth to our understanding of America's arguably most demanding and unpredictable president.
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292717687
ISBN-13
9780292717688
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63419475
Product Key Features
Book Title
Around the World with LBJ : My Wild Ride as Air Force One Pilot, White House Aide, and Personal Confidant
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Food, Lodging & Transportation / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, American Government / Executive Branch, Military
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Political Science
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Gamino, Denise, Rice, Gary
Lc Classification Number
E847.2.C76 2008
Reviews
"What a delightful, honest, and entertaining story Jim Cross tells. Here is a man who was so close to power he would come down with a cold if the President sneezed (and could have brought a lot of us literally down with him), but he never forgot his roots in rural Alabama. A man whose daddy worked for the Horseshoe Lumber Company grows up to serve the most powerful man in the world, and his account of that amazing journey--some of it scarily bumpy, as I can testify--is a bird's-eye view, from the cockpit of Air Force One, of why character counts." Bill Moyers, "What a delightful, honest, and entertaining story Jim Cross tells. Here is a man who was so close to power he would come down with a cold if the President sneezed (and could have brought a lot of us literally down with him), but he never forgot his roots in rural Alabama. A man whose daddy worked for the Horseshoe Lumber Company grows up to serve the most powerful man in the world, and his account of that amazing journey-some of it scarily bumpy, as I can testify-is a bird's-eye view, from the cockpit of Air Force One, of why character counts." Bill Moyers
Table of Content
Chapter One. The Longest DayChapter Two. The Early YearsChapter Three. Bringing Home a HeroChapter Four. Joining the Inner CircleChapter Five. Angel Is AirborneChapter Six. The Shadow of VietnamChapter Seven. The EnforcerChapter Eight. Visiting Vietnam and Southeast AsiaChapter Nine. Around the World, Part OneChapter Ten. Around the World, Part TwoChapter Eleven. Going to WarChapter Twelve. Farewell to a FriendAuthor's NoteIndex
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-043296
Dewey Decimal
973.923092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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