 Joyce Ravid | | 10,468 (10,983) | 206 | 1,967 |  (4.52) | 46 | 0 | Robert Allan Caro was born October 30, 1935 in New York. He went to Princeton University, where he majored in English and became managing editor of The Daily Princetonian. Caro began his professional career as a reporter with the New Brunswick Daily Home News. He took a brief leave to work for the Middlesex County Democratic Party as a publicist. He went on to six years as an investigative reporter with the Long Island newspaper Newsday. Robert Caro then went on to write about influential people in New York. His work The Power Broker was a biography on New York urban planner Robert Moses, that highlighted the fight for a proposed bridge across Long Island Sound from Rye to Oyster Bay. He then went on to write about Lyndon Johnson's life in a 5 volume set. Caro's books portray Johnson as a complex character who he also saw as a visionary progressive. He enjoyed writing about politicians and their use of power. For his biographies, he has won two Pulitzer Prizes in Biography, the National Book Award, the Francis Parkman Prize which is awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that "best exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist" two National Book Critics Circle Awards, the H.L. Mencken Award, the Carr P. Collins Award from the Texas Institute of Letters, and a Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Art and Letters. In October 2007, Caro was named a "Holtzbrinck Distinguished Visitor" at the American Academy in Berlin. In 2010, he received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama, the highest award in the humanities given in this country and in 2012 his title Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson made the New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York … (more) |
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The fourth — and latest — volume in The Years of Lyndon Johnson is The Passage of Power, winner of the 2012 National Book and National Book Critics Circle awards. Now out in paperback, it covers the years 1958-1964. During this time, Johnson goes from powerful Senate majority leader to powerless vice president mocked by the Kennedy brothers, to again being handed the reins of power when he assumes the presidency following John F. Kennedy's assassination. (Shortride)… (more)Robert A. Caro has 2 past events. (show) Free Library of Philadelphia - Robert Caro - The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Robert Caro 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. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a TICKETED event; $15 General Admission, $7 Students. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here
Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Robert A. Caro - The Passage Of Power (@ Sidwell Friends School) *SOLD OUT* The eagerly awaited fourth volume in Caro’s monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson chronicles the 1960 election, LBJ’s relationships with John and Robert Kennedy, his frustrated tenure as vice president, the shock of JFK’s assassination, and Johnson’s masterful assumption of the presidency before the debacle of Vietnam. This event is co-sponsored with POLITICO. Caro will be in-conversation with Mike Allen, chief White House correspondent for POLITICO.
This is a ticketed event and will take place at Sidwell Friends School. One general admission ticket is $18. One book and two complimentary admission tickets, $38.
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