Robert Caro | The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Recorded 5/14/2012
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For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize, twice won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and received virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and the National Humanities medal. Caro's landmark first book, The Power Broker is an epic biography of the undisputed czar of public construction in New York City for over 40 years—who simultaneously accumulated political power and built parks, bridges, public housing, and highways without historical precedent. For the past 30 years, Caro has laid bare the life and career of Lyndon B. Johnson, "combining the best techniques of investigative reporting with majestic storytelling ability" (New York Times). The Passage of Power is the fourth book in the panoramic series.