MARK K. UPDEGROVE is the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, and the author of Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who took Office in Times of Crisis and Second Acts: Presidential Lives and
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MARK K. UPDEGROVE is the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, and the author of
Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who took Office in Times of Crisis and
Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House. A sought-after commentator on matters relating to politics and the presidency, he has appeared on
ABC News, CBS News, CNN
, Fox News, NPR,
NBC News, and PBS. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Evelyn, and their children, Charlie and Tallie.