{"product_id":"you-cant-catch-us-lady-bird-johnsons-trailblazing-1964-campaign-train-and-the-women-who-rode-with-her","title":"You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Shannon McKenna Schmidt's captivating storytelling brings this extraordinary chapter of presidential campaign history into vivid relief with rich detail and illuminating cultural and political context.\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eChristy Carpenter, Liz Carpenter's daughter and co-director\/co-producer, \u003cem\u003eShaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Important, compelling, profoundly researched. Shannon McKenna Schmidt has gifted us with a reconsideration of our ongoing activist struggles for civil rights and feminism. A powerful book most needed now!\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eBlanche Wiesen Cook, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eEleanor Roosevelt\u003c\/em\u003e: the definitive three-volume biography\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Surprising, gripping, and hilarious, this inspiring journey through the American South never derails. Shannon McKenna Schmidt has written a gem of American campaign history. All aboard!\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eMargaret McMullan, author of \u003cem\u003eWhere the Angels Lived: One Family's Story of Exile, Loss, and Return\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The story of Lady Bird Johnson's railroad journey through the South in the wake of her husband signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act is a largely unheralded slice of history. Thankfully, Shannon McKenna Schmidt's You Can't Catch Us changes that, bringing the remarkable story forward with vivid, compelling detail.\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eMark K. Updegrove, President \u0026amp; CEO of the LBJ Foundation and author of Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In lively prose, Schmidt takes readers along on Lady Bird Johnson's historic whistle stop tour through the American South, a region reeling over civil rights and segregation. This action-packed account captures the Southern charm and steely courage of Lady Bird Johnson during the most dramatic days of her political life. It is the most panoramic attempt yet made to put the Lady Bird Special in perspective.\" -- \n\u003cstrong\u003eJill Abraham Hummer, author of \u003cem\u003eLaura Bush: Texas Roots, Global Impact\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Shannon McKenna Schmidt's indisputable storytelling talents are on full display in her latest book, \n\u003cem\u003eYou Can't Catch Us\u003c\/em\u003e. Schmidt's captivating narrative flow, impeccable research, and novelistic pacing bring readers along for Lady Bird Johnson's groundbreaking whistle-stop tour through the southern states in October 1964. In the wake of her husband's signing of the Civil Rights Act, Lady Bird Johnson took to the rails to support her husband's presidential campaign, shattering the First Lady mold in the process. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Can't Catch Us\u003c\/em\u003e is 1,682 miles, 47 stops, eight states, four days, and one powerful story masterfully captured in delectable detail and buoyed by Schmidt's fluid style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating and important read. All aboard the Lady Bird Special! This is one ride you won't want to miss.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eDenise Kiernan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Girls of Atomic City\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eObstinate Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1,682 miles. The First Lady of the United States. One incredible journey.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time when political candidates' wives were expected to be seen and not heard, Lady Bird Johnson made history as the first presidential spouse to take a leading role on the campaign trail. Her mission: to aid her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson, in his reelection bid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProud of her southern heritage and of what her husband had done for civil rights, Lady Bird undertook an eight-state whistle-stop tour in October 1964, both to garner votes for Lyndon and to help ease the animosity that arose from the signing of the Civil Rights Act three months earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"Lady Bird Special,\" a custom, nineteen-car train, forged headlong into the powder keg of Southern politics, traveling from Washington DC to New Orleans and making forty-seven stops in only four days. Despite the potential dangers, the First Lady, aided by a team of pioneering women, pressed forward, making speeches, shaking hands, and breaking ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou Can't Catch Us\u003c\/em\u003e isn't simply the story of an election campaign. It's the story of a women-led operation and an appeal for understanding and civility. Lady Bird Johnson's monumental journey expanded the role of women in politics and progressed the fight for women's rights--a fight we still continue today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eMcKenna Schmidt, Shannon\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShannon McKenna Schmidt is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt's Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eYou Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the coauthor of \u003cem\u003eNovel Destinations\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWriters Between the Covers\u003c\/em\u003e and has written for National Geographic Traveler, History.com, and other publications and websites. Shannon has been a guest on radio and television programs including MSNBC's \u003cem\u003eMorning Joe\u003c\/em\u003e, and she has spoken at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum, the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, the National World War II Museum, and many other venues. An avid traveler, Shannon spent a seven-year stretch on the road full-time, first trekking the United States by RV and then backpacking around the globe. 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