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THE POWER BROKER
I’m halfway through at page 556. I wanted to read my first 1,000 page book this year, and this combines old school power politics , city design, and construction — which are all things I’m interested in. Phenomenal that people did research like this before the internet. Props to Robert A. Caro. Gotta visit New York now.
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@johnnyblaze66
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@PhilPatton14
This seems cool
2d ago
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@tortitude
So fucking good. Maybe this is the summer I finally make progress with LBJ too 🫠
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@johnnyblaze66
@TORTITUDE you should! If for no reason other than “Master of the Senate” just sounds super heavy and cool. I’m thinking about starting with that one lol
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@tortitude
@TORTITUDE wait but you gotta go from the beginning! (I say this as someone who started The Path to Power in 2022 and has yet to finish it…)
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@tortitude
@TORTITUDE so fascinating and well written! But my attention span and discipline have been shot for many years at this point.
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@coreydubrowa
SO GOOD. Must-read for every New Yorker IMO
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