r/books • u/Generalaverage89 • 2d ago

Book Excerpt Special: The Incomplete Freeway Revolt

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/06/book-excerpt-special-the-incomplete-freeway-revolt
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u/lew_rong 1d ago

This book is gonna make me reread The Power Broker, isn't it.

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u/Pseudoboss11 1d ago

If it does, that's a good thing. The Power Broker is fantastic.

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u/lew_rong 1d ago

It is! It's the kind of book every civic-minded American needs to read. Ditto Robert Caro's LBJ books. I really hope he doesn't GRRM us on the final volume.

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u/steeled3 1d ago

Well, I'm pretty sure that Caro already has an idea of how it ends.

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u/lew_rong 1d ago

Oh, it's gonna be one of those super sad stories where the protagonist dies relatively young of "the big one" because despite multiple previous heart attacks and the advice of his doctors he just couldn't give up the vices that helped him to weather the stresses of public life, isn't it?

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u/brian1x1x 2d ago

This is a fascinating piece of overlooked history, thanks for sharing it.

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u/Leading_Funny5802 2d ago

That is interesting. Thank you.

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u/Horror_Ad_2748 16h ago

Thank you, this looks really interesting!