Public Works — A Dangerous Trade

Why it’s on the list: Moses’s own 950-page defense of his record — the other side of the argument Caro made.

Where I heard about it

• Helen Andrews (@herandrews) — on X (April 2026): “Everyone who reads The Power Broker should also read the 950-page memoir Robert Moses wrote on his own behalf. Gotta hear both sides.”

About this edition

Published in 1970, four years before The Power Broker, and largely out of print since.

Connections

• The Power Broker — the book this is the rebuttal to, and the reason to read them as a pair.
• Robert Moses — author and subject.
• City Building — the fight over who gets to shape a city and by what authority.