Robert Caro on Writing
Award-winning author Robert Caro, best known for his multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, reflected on his life and writing career. This program was part of the Robert Caro Symposium ho…
3,120 viewsAward-winning author Robert Caro, best known for his multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, reflected on his life and writing career. This program was part of the Robert Caro Symposium ho…
3,120 viewsRobert Caro talked about his book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, on his experiences investigating and crafting biographies of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Robert Moses.…
6,647 viewsRobert Caro talked about talks about, “On Power,” his audio project on the evolution and exercise of political power in America. He also talked about the progress he is making on the next vo…
5,748 viewsRobert Caro delivered the 2009 Leon Levy Biography Lecture. He presented his thoughts on giving the reader a sense of the setting of the action in a biography. He talked about how he does hi…
1,560 viewsRobert Caro talked about his book The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, published by Vintage. This biography of Robert Moses won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974. He talked about …
3,618 viewsThis program featured Pulitzer Prize winning biographer Robert Caro during the course of two days. Mr. Caro took Book TV on a tour of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and expla…
5,595 viewsAuthor and LBJ biographer Robert Caro talked about his book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing.
4,050 viewsRobert Caro and Horace Mann School student Yuanjun Zeng, recipient of the Robert Caro Prize for Literary Excellence in the Writing of History, delivered remarks.
1,440 viewsBiographer Robert Caro and historian Brenda Wineapple talked about writing history. They spoke at the 35th annual Key West Literary Seminar.
1,580 viewsBook TV’s coverage of the 67th annual National Book Awards included the presentation of awards for non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Biographer Robert Caro receive…
1,026 viewsOn the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA, party leaders, former presidential candidates and others spoke about Senator John Kerry’s candidacy and building on the…
9,360 viewsRobert Caro talked about his books, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power and Dallas, November 22, 1963, and about the legacy of President John F. Kennedy. He also responded to v…
1,674 viewsIn the thirty-fifth in a series on American presidents, scholars talked about the life and career of Lyndon B. Johnson. Among the issues addressed were his rise to the presidency after the a…
7,231 viewsRobert Caro talked about his book, The Passage of Power. The fourth book of his series, “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” it covers the years from 1958 to 1964, during which Senate Majority Lea…
2,145 viewsRobert Caro discussed his newly-released fourth volume of his biography of former President Johnson, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power. The fourth book covers 1958 until earl…
3,588 viewsRobert Caro discussed his newly released fourth volume of his biography of former President Johnson, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power. The fourth book covers 1958 until earl…
5,891 viewsRobert Caro talked about his book, The Passage of Power. The fourth book of his series, “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” it covers the years from 1958 to 1964, during which Senate Majority Lea…
1,024 viewsNext, Robert Caro, author of “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” examines the origins of the President’s beliefs about the role of government. He discusses why Lyndon B. Johnson saw the government…
1,352 viewsRobert Caro discussed his book The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent, published by Knopf. He described his research into the life of Lyndon Johnson and noted that he examined approxim…
6,420 viewsA panel of presidential historians spoke about the Obama presidency. Among the topics they addressed were the state of teh economy, overseas military operations, and partisan politics in Was…
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