Newsday in the 19 sixties and the book was supposed to be done in nine months. It took seven years in the publisher gave in advance of 2500 he became consumed by his research and quit his job five years later he submitted the first 400,000 words and asked for a second payment of 2500. He was refused a so their home to support this work and then to remain his soul publisher and what a Remarkable Book it is with the sheer narrative power he is an astonishing writer and the powerbroker is a masterpiece one of the most important biographies of the 20h century bob caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. Twice the National Book critics circle award and virtually every other honor including the National Book award and the goldmedal biography from the American Academy of arts and letters. Caro has a unique place among political biographers. He is the standard by which the fellows are measured and a society of american historians presenting bob caro said the powerbroker best exempl
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Welcome this morning to the Miller Center here at the university of virginia. Were delighted that mark and i were just saying its just great to see everybody gathered together in our beautiful williamsburg style forum room. We want to thank cspan for being with us today. And so if you enjoy this sort of like a holiday movie that you never tire seen over and over again, feel free to watch numerous times. We want to welcome everyone in person as well as those who are watching online live and those who will be watching our archive version as well as those who will watch on cspan. We are here today, of course, with my colleague, professor marc selverstone, to speak about his new book, which is titled the kennedy withdrawal. The subtitle is camelot and the american commitment to vietnam is published by harvard university, has just been published this fall, and it is available in the foir today for purchase and signing. They make a perfect holiday gift and you will even get an inscription an