Answered from Robert Caro – The master biographer reflects at 91 · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2026-10-30
Robert Caro says he gave his notes and interview files to the New York Historical Society, accepting far less money than other institutions offered, because he wanted them easy to reach in New York rather than at a place like the University of Texas. He says a large share of what he learned, especially about the Senate, never made it into his books, and he hopes historians use it, for example to write the biography Sam Rayburn still lacks.
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