Why am I passionate about this?
There never was nor ever could be a better fair, and that is the memory I’ve carried since that family vacation brought us to the Queens fairgrounds in 1964. Though I do not remember much, what remains in my heart is a sense of wonder and happiness. Over the years, the memory faded until I took a class on Renaissance Sculpture for my master’s studies. It amazed me that Michelangelo’s Pietà could have ever been shipped to Queens–I began researching and was deeply moved by the story that unfolded.
Ruth's book list on the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair
Why did Ruth love this book?
If I hadn’t read this book, I’d never believe a man like Robert Moses could have ever existed. For all his pros and cons, I liked him. I’m including this book because Caro includes a chapter on Moses and his involvement with both New York’s World’s Fairs and it offers the history behind the fairs. I felt this biography was a little on the ‘con’ side, but I liked Caro’s thoroughness and felt I had a good feel for the man for having read the book.
10 authors picked The Power Broker as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political biographer of our times' (Sunday Times); chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; a Sunday Times Bestseller; 'An outright masterpiece' (Evening Standard)
The Power Broker tells the…