![]() Sam, Lyndon's dad, is a very powerful and tragic figure and as he falls from grace, and we witness it by painstaking degrees, we develop a love for this character that makes us think of him long after the book is done. Who was your favorite character and why? Mr. I believe one can learn as much if not more from the 80% successes than the 100% successes, because their moral or other failings make them come alive more and even a sleazy scheme should be learned from, in that it took drive and courage to perform it, and THAT is never a bad trait to have. Finally, the way Lyndon copes with it all, using his bright and dark sides to get ahead, ingeniously in both, is very instructive. The description of Lyndon's childhood, his fathers travails, rise, and demise and the effect on the family and the boy, are utterly unmatched in contrast and drama. The initial description of the Hill Country in Texas is so fantastic, poetic, dramatic, revealing, evocative, and rich, that I have gone back several times to listen to it. ![]() ![]() If you could sum up The Path to Power in three words, what would they be? Riveting, dramatic, instructive. ![]()
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