I’ve always been fascinated by Robert Moses. A couple of years ago I ATTEMPTED to read Caro’s book.....I say “attempted”, because, less than 50 pages in, Caro’s leftist indoctrinated claptrap nearly made me throw the book across the room. I believe the part that set me off was Caro’s accusations regarding the HORRORS of the architecturally sterile, cold designs of the new NYC Housing Projects. Exactly as brainwashed to do, he designated the first tenants of these developments as “victims”......I have some PERSONAL knowledge of the original inhabitants of these facilities. They were Honest, Hard Working, Clean Living people raising families and glad for the opportunity to live in clean, safe, fireproof buildings which were completely surrounded by manicured lawns, shrubs, paths, benches, playgrounds, etc. All that was UNTIL liberal scum like Caro designated everyone a “victim” and turned the places into the hellholes they are today. Again, I’d love to find a quality biography of Moses, but Caro’s verbal diarrhea isn’t what I’m looking for.
For supposedly being a leftist, he sure cut LBJ down to size. In the first volume he shows the poor beginnings but by the second volume he shows LBJ for the cheating pol he was and what a crappy human being he was to his wife and everyone around him.
Caro’s biographies are a long, hard slog but always worth reading. As to his biography of Moses, I nearly quit for similar reasons but was glad to have persevered to the end.