I read this thread earlier and was ignoring it ;) BTW, Publius, I have just finished the introduction in your Robert Moses book and am proceding along to chapter one - it is very well written. Have to ask you though, how did you manage to read this book and not even a page is bent? I am afraid to pick it up. Hope you aren't too fussy about the "new look." :)
I first bought the Caro book in 1974 and read it so many times that it fell apart. I bought a new copy in 2002 and read it cover-to-cover. That's why it looks so pristine.