A White House Diary by Lady Bird Johnson
signed first edition
1970 · New York
by JOHNSON, LADY BIRD (LYNDON B. JOHNSON)
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Signed and inscribed by the author, former first lady Lady Bird Johnson, to Bonnie Angelo, a journalist. Inscribed: “To Bonnie Angelo - who shared so many of the raft rides, trails, and wedding bells - and made them more fun because she was there. Affectionately, Lady Bird Johnson”. Illustrated. A lightly handled copy with some dust soiling in a dust jacket with some chips and tears and darkening. A fascinating peak behind the curtain of life as a first lady, these records of events from Lady Bird Johnson were kept throughout the five years and two months of Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency. Bonnie Angelo (1924 - 2017) was an American journalist who covered Robert Kennedy’s last campaign in California for Time magazine where she served as a Washington correspondent from 1967-78. In 2000 she wrote a book called First Mothers: The women Who Shaped the Presidents. (Inventory #: 22523E)