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LBJ Biographer Aims for Eternity

Tireless writer published average of one book every ten years

By Drew Nelles,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 8, 2009 6:56 PM CST

(Newser) – Lyndon Johnson's biographer takes his work seriously—so much so, he didn't cover LBJ's presidency for 30 years, Newsweek reports. Rising from the tabloid world in the 1960s, Robert Caro first wrote a painstaking biography of New York mogul Robert Moses. Next came a volume...   Read full story »

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