Book 1, The Trap : Chapter 1, Introduction & Chapter 1 Summary and Analysis

The author provides an enlightening and insightful account of Lyndon Johnson. During the Introduction, he describes how Lyndon Johnson, in his early thirties at the time is offered an opportunity to go from being financially poor to quite well off. He realizes that he is essentially in luck, and that an older man is offering to save him from financial difficulties in a way that should last for the remainder of his life. He gives readers a succinct introduction prior to moving on to the far more detailed version given in the regular book. Buntons have extremely pale skin, "magnolia white" and equally extremely dark drown eyes - so dark one would easily miss it for black. The men are big and strong. They have a piercing gaze. The women are...