Episode · The Book Review · 2024-09-13
Robert Caro on The Book Review: books mentioned (Sep 2024)
Robert Caro on 50 Years of 'The Power Broker'
Gilbert Cruz discussed The years of Lyndon Johnson (Volumes 1-3) by Robert A. Caro, Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro, The passage of power by Robert A. Caro, and The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro. Robert Caro recommended The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope, and discussed The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The years of Lyndon Johnson (Volumes 1-3)
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A.
Discussed“he has written four volumes of the years of Lynden Johnson a multi-book work on the life of the 36 president of the United States”
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Master of the Senate
Master of the Senate by Robert A.
Discussed“volume three Master of the Senate won the Pulitzer Prize”
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The passage of power
The Passage of Power by Robert A.
Discussed“volume four passage of power appeared on our recent list of the best books of the 21st century so far”
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“before all that however in September 1974 50 years ago he published the power broker a book about the man who built modern New York City Robert Moses”
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The Making of the President 1960
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H.
Discussed“I sent her up to theer H white who wrote the ranking of the president he gave his papers to Boron University”
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The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is a nineteenth-century political novel by Anthony Trollope that forms part of the author's famous Palliser series, exploring parliamentary intrigue, ambition, and the personal costs of public office.
Recommended“Anthony trop the 19th century British novelist ... AA was doing research for me in the Truman library and someone had she staying in a boarding house out there with kind of place where people left their books and she said one night I'm reading the greatest political novel I ever read it's the Prime Minister by Anthony trol”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“she fell in love with France and she's written two books the road from the past and Paris to the past”
“she fell in love with France and she's written two books the road from the past and Paris to the past about traveling the traveling around France and knowing its history and how much it adds to it they're wonderful books”