This is a very nice check-in with Robert A. Caro, now 980 pages into writing the fifth and final volume of his Lyndon Johnson biography, but, well, he still needs to go to Vietnam and do some additional reporting . . . - ThreadSky

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adambonin.bsky.social • 4 days ago

This is a very nice check-in with Robert A. Caro, now 980 pages into writing the fifth and final volume of his Lyndon Johnson biography, but, well, he still needs to go to Vietnam and do some additional reporting . . .

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adambonin.bsky.social•4 days ago

Most noteworthy in this Robert A. Caro profile is that he's confirmed (for the first time?) that while no one else is permitted to complete LBJ V if he becomes unable to do so, his will specifies that whatever he *has* written (980 pp and counting) will be published even if he does not finish it.