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The Longest Book I Have Finished and Why It Was Worth It
The Power Broker is 1336 pages about Robert Moses, the urban planner who built New York over five decades and in doing so displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Robert Caro spent fourteen years researching it. Reading it requires a different kind of commitment than almost any other book I have finished. I read it over four months and took notes. The answer to whether it was worth the time is yes, but I understand the argument of every person who has not finished it.


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1336 Pages
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4 Months to Read

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Power is not an end in itself. It is a tool that reveals the person who holds it.


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Reading The Power Broker
4 Reformer first
5 Most important
5 Hardest to read
5 Shakespearean

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Robert Caro biographies finished

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What Reading The Power Broker Actually Requires
[ ] A reading schedule, because spontaneous sessions alone will not get you through
[ ] A basic map of New York City to understand the geographic arguments being made
[ ] Patience with chapters that seem tangential and then prove essential later
[ ] A willingness to be angry at someone who has been dead for over thirty years