The Power Broker

“It may be the best single-volume book on American politics ever written. It is a deep read, a long read, and I do not expect that most people ...”

“I was planning to buy and purchase the book because I've enjoyed Caro's LBJ series quite a lot and I've previously heard very good things about the ...”

“Just curious. He recently shared a podcast featuring Robert Caro talking about the book. I haven't seen any discussion of it on here. I quite like the ...”

“Im currently reading the best and brightest by Halberstam and I am LOVING it. Best and Brightest was actually recommended by a Caro interview I was watching ...”

“Feel like this sub will like this - Robert Caro's 'The Power Broker', the seminal 1974 biography of controversial New York urban planner ...”

“The Power Broker still stands as a great work of research, but in the 50 years since its release we have learned a lot more about New York and ...”

“Is the Power Broker (1974) by Robert Caro still a good and accurate biography of Robert Moses? If not, what are the best alternative and up to ...”

“Just finished The Power Broker by Robert Caro: It's nearly 1,200 pages, but I would've gladly read another 1,200. This was the best book I have ...”

“To those who don't know, the Power Broker is about a man named Robert Moses, who for 44 years controlled nearly all of the public works ...”

“Like a shadow epilogue to The Power Broker, this story plunges into the chaos of 1970s New York where debt, unions, and one brutal headline ...”

“It's not really unique to The Power Broker or Moses. Historians are right to constantly point out that people don't accomplish things on that ...”