Sam Presti is far from alone in his admiration for Robert Caro. Caro's four-volume series on Johnson has sold more than 1 million copies, and there are museum exhibits devoted to the writer and his work. All six of his books have been featured on the cover of The New York Times Book Review, and the last one, released in 2012, was reviewed in The Times by former President Bill Clinton. None has gone out of print; last year, "The Power Broker," which turned 50, sold more than 40,000 copies in its 74th printing. Late night talk-show host Conan O'Brien, one of Caro's biggest fans, told The Times of Caro's work, "The Lyndon Johnson books by Caro, it's our Harry Potter." But it is Presti's repeated vocal appreciation of Caro's exhaustive approach that is notable. Over his 60-year reporting career, Caro has interviewed thousands of people and turned over hundreds of thousands of pages.
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