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     • Robert Caro published the first of his multivolume biography on Lyndon Johnson in 1982. In undertaking the project, Caro has said that what he wanted to write about was the idea of power.
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   Did Robert Caro write a memoir about Lyndon Johnson?

   • At age 87, Robert Caro is still working on the fifth and final volume of his biography of Lyndon Johnson about the Vietnam War. While working on the Johnson story, he also managed to write a short memoir on his methods called "Working, Researching, Interviewing, Writing." I spoke to Caro about it in 2019.

   LBJ biographer Robert Caro reflects on fame, power and the presidency

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   Who is Robert Caro?

   • Robert Caro is one of the nation's preeminent biographers. He is currently working on the fifth and final volume of his massive series, 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson'. This volume focuses on LBJ's presidency and the Vietnam War. However, its publication is not expected for at least another year. In the meantime, Caro has written a memoir about what he does.

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   What did Robert Caro do at the LBJ Library?

   • At the LBJ Library in Austin, Robert Caro did as much as humanly possible what an earlier editor had told him, turn every page — that is, look at every document, even if it seems irrelevant. Only years later does the writing begin. Caro then goes to the typewriter and writes a lot of drafts on the old Smith Corona.

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   Who wrote 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson'?

   • Robert Caro has been writing 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson' since 1977. He has published four books in the series and is currently working on the fifth and final volume, which has taken him 10 years to complete. Along the way, he's won two Pulitzer Prizes and two National Book Awards.

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   How long did it take Caro to write a biography of Moses?

   • To do so, Caro began work on a biography of Moses, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, also a study of Caro's favorite theme: the acquisition and use of power. He expected it would take nine months to complete, but instead it took him until 1974.

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   Who is Caro's wife?

   • Caro acknowledges his wife Ina, who is also an author, as the only other person to help him research his books. The couple uprooted their lives in New York to live in the Hill Country of Texas to better understand the place and people who shaped Johnson. Caro said to Ina: 'I'm not understanding these people. And, therefore, I'm not understanding Lyndon Johnson.'

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3. apnews.com › article › robert-caro-lyndon-johnsonRobert Caro's last book on LBJ likely won't be delayed by ...

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   Jun 15, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro’s fifth volume on Lyndon Johnson, one of the book world’s most long-awaited publications, is unlikely to be delayed by the death of his longtime editor, publishing luminary Robert Gottlieb.

4. www.curbed.com › article › robert-caro-power-brokerRobert Caro on ‘The Power Broker,’ 50 Years Later

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   Sep 11, 2024 · Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’ is turning 50. The final Lyndon B. Johnson book is almost — well, he won’t say exactly, but he’s trying for 900 words a day.

5. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2019/01/28The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson’s Archives - The New Yorker

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   Jan 21, 2019 · Robert A. Caro and Ina Caro on the car they bought while living in Texas, where they were researching a biography of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

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7. www.npr.org › 2024/09/30 › nx-s1-5123695'The Power Broker' at 50 — and what author Robert Caro is ...

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   Sep 30, 2024 · But interviewing him about Lyndon Johnson and about Robert Moses — the two men he's been writing about since 1967 — is like journeying into a time machine. This month marks the 50th...

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_CaroRobert Caro - Wikipedia

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   Caro has expressed hope of writing a "full-scale memoir" after completing The Years of Lyndon Johnson. [25] His 2019 book Working has been described as a "semi-memoir" focused on "Caro's selection of observations...on the arts of researching, interviewing and writing".

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   Apr 8, 2019 · Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be published for at least another year. Meanwhile, Caro has written a memoir about how he...

10. www.npr.org › 2023/02/20 › 1157886730LBJ biographer Robert Caro reflects on fame, power and the ...

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    Feb 20, 2023 · Robert Caro has made much of his life's work chronicling the career and life of Lyndon Johnson. On this President's Day, we'll listen back to two interviews I've recorded with Caro. He's...