![]() ![]() Moses, when someone opposed him, a public official, he put what he called his "team of bloodhounds," that's his investigators, onto this person. Caro writes about his process as a biographer in the new book, Working. Other times, he had to dig up long-buried facts or discern unseen motives during interviews. Caro says his subjects sometimes didn't welcome his attention. "He had more power than any mayor, more power than any governor, and more power than any mayor or governor combined," Caro says of Moses.īut uncovering the mechanisms of power can be difficult. Instead, Caro is interested in power: "I wanted to use lives to show how political power worked that's what I was interested in."Ĭaro points out that though Moses was never elected to anything, he's credited with developing many of New York City's highways, bridges and public housing units. Still, he says, "I never had the slightest interest in writing a book just to tell the story of a great man." ![]() Johnson ( The Path to Power) and famed New York City planner Robert Moses ( The Power Broker). His biographies have focused on former President Lyndon B. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Robert Caro has spent decades researching and chronicling the lives of notable men. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Working Subtitle Researching, Interviewing, Writing Author Robert A. ![]()
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