[The Power Broker 01] • The Power Broker · Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Caro, Robert A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Other Titles Title Page Copyright Contents Illustrations Dedication Map: Landscape by Moses Map: New York State Parks Introduction: Wait Until the Evening Part I: The Idealist

1. Line of Succession 2. Robert Moses at Yale 3. Home Away from Home

Part II: The Reformer

4. Burning 5. Age of Optimism

Part III: The Rise to Power

6. Curriculum Changes 7. Change in Major 8. The Taste of Power 9. A Dream 10. The Best Bill Drafter in Albany

Part IV: The Use of Power

11. The Majesty of the Law 12. Robert Moses and the Creature of the Machine 13. Driving 14. Changing 15. Curator of Cauliflowers 16. The Featherduster 17. The Mother of Accommodation 18. New York City Before Robert Moses 19. To Power in the City 20. One Year 21. The Candidate 22. Order Number 129 23. In the Saddle 24. Driving

Part V: The Love of Power

25. Changing 26. Two Brothers 27. Changing 28. The Warp on the Loom

Part VI: The Lust for Power

29. “And When the Last Law Was Down…” 30. Revenge 31. Monopoly 32. Quid Pro Quo 33. Leading Out the Regiment 34. Moses and the Mayors 35. “RM” 36. The Meat Ax 37. One Mile 38. One Mile (Afterward) 39. The Highwayman 40. Point of No Return

Part VII: The Loss of Power

41. Rumors and the Report of Rumors 42. Tavern in the Town 43. Late Arrival 44. Mustache and the Bard 45. Off to the Fair 46. Nelson 47. The Great Fair 48. Old Lion, Young Mayor 49. The Last Stand 50. Old

Photographs Notes Debts A Note on Sources Selected Interviews Selected Bibliography Notes Index Photo Credits About the Author

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