CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: Wait Until the Evening 1
PART I THE IDEALIST
1. Line of Succession 25
2. Robert Moses at Yale 38
3. Home Away from Home 48
PART II THE REFORMER
4. Burning 59
5. Age of Optimism 71
PART in THE RISE TO POWER
6. Curriculum Changes 91
7. Change in Major 113
8. The Taste of Power 136
9. A Dream 143
10. The Best Bill Drafter in Albany 172
PART iv THE USE OF POWER
11. The Majesty of the Law 181
12. Robert Moses and the Creature of the Machine 207
13. Driving 226
14. Changing 241
15. Curator of Cauliflowers 260
16. The Featherduster 283
17. Jne Mother of Accommodation 299
IS. New York City Before Robert Moses 323
19. To Power in the City 347
20. One Year 368
21. The Candidate 402
22. Order Number 129 426
23. In tne Sat/rfZe 444
24. Driving 468
PART v THE LOVE OF POWER
25. Changing 499
26. Two Brothers 576
27. Changing 607
28. Tne JFarp on *ne Loom 615
PART vi THE LUST FOR POWER
29. "And When the Last Law Was Down..." 639
30. Revenge 678
31. Monopoly 689
32. Quid Pro Quo 699
33. Leading Out the Regiment 703
34. Moses and the Mayors 755
55. "RM" 807
36. The Meat Ax 837
37. One Mile 850
38. One Mile (Afterward) 885
39. The Highwayman 895
40. Point of No Return 920
PART vu THE LOSS OF POWER
41. Rumors and the Report of Rumors 961
42. Tavern in the Town 984
43. Late Arrival 1005
44. Mustache and the Bard 1026
45. Off to the Fair 1040
46. Nelson 1067
47. The Great Fair 1082
48. Old Lion, Young Mayor 1117
49. The Last Stand 1132
NOTES 1163
INDEX follows page 1246