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The Years of Lyndon Johnson is a biography of Lyndon B. Johnson by the American writer Robert Caro. Four volumes have been published, running to more than 3,000 pages in total, detailing Johnson's early life, education, and political career. A fifth volume is expected to deal with the bulk of Johnson's presidency and post
Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. After working for many years as a reporter, Caro wrote The Power Broker (1974), a biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses, which was chosen by the Modern Library as ...
Master of the Senate is the third volume of Robert Caro's expansive biography series The Years of Lyndon Johnson which began in 1977. Four volumes have been published with a fifth volume expected, running to more than 3,000 pages in total, detailing Johnson's early life, education, and political career. The series is published by Alfred A. Knopf.
The pair, both in their late 80s, had worked together for five decades, starting with Caro's biography of Robert Moses, The Power Broker, and continuing through Caro's first four volumes about Lyndon B. Johnson. Its story is focused on the interplay between writer and editor as they work to finish the fifth book rather than a history of their ...
Detrow, Scott (April 8, 2019). "In 'Working,' Writer Robert Caro Explains His Process — And What Drives Him". NPR; Ferri, Jessica (March 31, 2019). "Robert Caro Talks Writing and Research: 'Turn Every Page' ". The Daily Beast. Italie, Hillel (April 3, 2019). "Robert Caro shares tips about his craft in 'Working' ". The Seattle Times
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York is a 1974 biography of Robert Moses by Robert Caro.The book focuses on the creation and use of power in New York local and state politics, as witnessed through Moses's use of unelected positions to design and implement dozens of highways and bridges, sometimes at great cost to the communities he nominally served.
Caro was born Ina Joan Sloshberg. [1] She married Robert Caro in 1957, while she was a student at Connecticut College. [1] She graduated from the Columbia University School of General Studies in 1962.
Free response tests are a relatively effective test of higher-level reasoning, as the format requires test-takers to provide more of their reasoning in the answer than multiple choice questions. [4] Students, however, report higher levels of anxiety when taking essay questions as compared to short-response or multiple choice exams. [5]