The Power Broker : : Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

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Introduction: Wait until the evening -- Line of succession -- Robert Moses at Yale -- Home away from home -- Burning -- Age of optimism -- Curriculum changes -- Change in major -- The taste of power -- A dream -- The best bill drafter in Albany -- The majesty of law -- Robert Moses and the creature of the machine -- Driving -- Changing -- Curator of cauliflowers -- The featherduster -- The mother of accommodation -- New York City before Robert Moses -- To power in the city -- One year -- The candidate -- Order number 129 -- In the saddle -- Driving -- Changing -- Two brothers --Changing -- The warp and the loom -- "And when the last law was down ..." -- Revenge -- Monopoly -- Quid pro quo -- Leading out the regiment -- Moses and the mayors -- "RM" -- The meat ax -- One mile -- One mile (afterward) -- The highwayman -- Point of no return -- Rumors and the report of rumors -- Tavern in the town -- Late arrival -- Mustache and the bard -- Off to the fair -- Nelson -- The great fair -- Old lion, young mayor -- The last stand -- Old.
Moses is pictured as idealist reformer and political manipulator as his rise to power and eventual domination of New York State politics is documented.

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Epic Biography submitted by danzoia on August 10, 2023, 9:27am How could a biography about a city planner, Robert Moses, be this engrossing? That's the thought I had when I first picked up this monstrosity of a book. It's huge and overwhelming when you pick it up. But yet somehow, I blew through the 1000 plus pages in about a month. The amount of detail Robert Caro uncovers to show that Moses' power was at an insane level in NYC is unbelievable. His skill at uncovering the truth is perhaps unmatched in biographies I've read. Moses shaped NYC as it is today, and unfortunately for the worst in a lot of ways. Must read book.