Knowra Robert Caro Robert Caro Robert Caro is an American journalist and biographer known for documenting how political power operates in his multivolume biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Power Broker : Robert Caro’s biography of urban planner Robert Moses, published in 1974. This book established Caro’s reputation through its account of Moses’s influence over New York.
Robert Moses : A New York public official who shaped the region’s infrastructure and urban development across much of the twentieth century. Caro’s first major biography used Moses to examine power outside elected office.
Newsday : An American daily newspaper based on Long Island, New York. Caro worked at Newsday before turning to full-time book writing.
Urban planning : The design and regulation of land use, transportation, and public infrastructure in cities and regions. The Power Broker brought political conflict and human costs into accounts of urban development.
The Years of Lyndon Johnson : Robert Caro’s multivolume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, begun in 1982. This unfinished series shifts Caro’s focus from urban authority to national political power.
Lyndon B. Johnson : The 36th president of the United States, known for legislative leadership and the Great Society agenda. Caro’s ongoing biography follows Johnson’s political methods across local, congressional, and presidential arenas.
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism : The journalism school at Columbia University in New York City. Caro studied journalism there before beginning his newspaper career.
Great Society : A set of domestic programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson to address poverty, inequality, and other social problems. Caro’s Johnson volumes connect the president’s political skill to the passage of major domestic legislation.
The Path to Power : The first volume of Robert Caro’s biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, covering Johnson’s early life and rise. Its account of Johnson’s formative years shows Caro’s biographical method at close range.
Investigative journalism : Journalism that uncovers concealed information through sustained research, verification, and reporting. Caro’s biographies extend investigative reporting into book-length studies of political life.
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