But Liz Carpenter is no Erma Bombeck.

Liz Carpenter never uses that word, but her book is about the experience it describes.

Liz Carpenter has fed the deer in the woods behind her house, playing them the soundtrack from "Out of Africa."

Liz Carpenter, 89, American feminist author, press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson (1963-1969), pneumonia.

Liz Carpenter, her fellow from the University of Texas, served as Lady Bird's press secretary from 1963 until 1969.

Liz Carpenter said: "It's a good thing John Connally wasn't at the Alamo.

Liz Carpenter was Johnson's press secretary.

Liz Carpenter served as Cunningham's press secretary.

Liz Carpenter is much more than an American original: she is an American and a Texas original.

Her press secretary from 1963 to 1969 was Liz Carpenter, a fellow University of Texas alumna.