Robert Caro says that growing up on a ranch 18 miles beyond Johnson City shaped character differently in many ways, with loneliness being a major factor.

“of the frontier, of what his grandfather, you know, the, the land, what it was like. See, when he grew up in Johnson City, in the outskirts on the Johnson Ranch, which after all was 18 miles beyond Johnson City, what it was like to grow up on a ranch like that.”

“In so many ways it was different and it formed your character in a different way. Loneliness is a b- loneliness is a big deal.”