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Also Known As	Robert Allan Caro
Born	October 30, 1935 (age 89) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award (2002)
Notable Works	“The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” • “The Years of Lyndon Johnson”

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