NEW YORK (AP) — Robert A. Caro’s latest literary honor is very close to home.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian has been named the first-ever Founders Historian Laureate by The New York Historical , the venerable museum and cultural center where Caro’s archives are stored and a research room is named for him. Caro, a lifelong New Yorker, visits on occasion to sign copies of his books, including his classic work on municipal builder Robert Moses, “The Power Broker,” the subject of a recent exhibit at the museum. Caro, 89, is also known for his series of Lyndon Johnson biographies and is currently writing the fifth and final volume. No release date has been announced.
He will be formally honored at a Sept. 17 gala, where The New York Historical also will present a History Makers Award t