 And when the book appeared, it ran over 1,200 pages and won a Pulitzer Prize, an absolute landmark of political reporting and biography. And by any reckoning, it's one of the most celebrated works of nonfiction published in this country. In honor of that 50th anniversary of The Power Broker, we're republishing The New Yorker's long excerpt at newyorker.com. Robert Caro, of course, went on to an even bigger project, his series of books on the life of President Lyndon Johnson.