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Caro‘s mini-memoir about his research and interviews for The Power Broker and his 4 LBJ volumes (a 5th one is in the works). He is an amazing writer who is dedicated to getting the “whole story”.

#RushAThon Day 13 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Phew, that was a long one! 66 hours but fascinating and well written. In-depth (like, really in-depth) look at the career of Robert Moses and how he obtained, used, and eventually lost power over public works in New York in the early and mid 20th century. A definite pick if you‘re interested in politics and policy and how cities and regions are shaped. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Robert Caro looking back on what it took to write his books on Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. Less “how to write books” and more reflections. Not what I expected, but still really interesting. In some cases it sounds like he republished essays from other publications, but that wasn‘t clear on audio until the end of the essay, so I‘m some cases it seemed a little disjointed. But still great.

Robert Moses began his career as someone trying to improve New York City. The longer he remained there, the more power he acquired and wielded. What Caro shows is that Robert Moses was a power hungry, vindictive, racist megalomaniac, on his best days. What you see is the rise and all too late of fall old New York City‘s Parks Commissioner

Guess what arrived in the mail today?? I'm excited to get started on this #Nonfiction book about #writing

Hey all!! I proposed a book club to my adult education coordinators and we decided on 2 books a semester, 9 weeks. I'm thinking we can do a fiction book and a non fiction counterpart for discussion and some different perspectives.
What fiction books have you read that have a non fiction book related to the incidents involved? Please drop your ideas into the comments below! 💜

Robert Caro‘s methodology

I am in awe of Robert Caro, and his approach to researching and writing.

This book is boring, and you know it. Rather than slogging through this (unless you actually are interested in reading a three page description of what Robert Moses had for breakfast) read "Wrestling With Moses" by Anthony Flint.