The Power Broker
Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro
Recommended by 10 notable people, including Ryan Holiday and Frank Chimero
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Urban Planning, Biography, and About New York City.
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and misshaping) of twentiethcentury New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost half a century, the single most powerful man of o...
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Recommended by 14 sources and appears in Urban Planning, Biography, and About New York City.
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