As Lit Hub’s nonmigratory Caro-head, I’m committed to bringing you regular updates connected the historian’s advancement connected his Years of Lyndon Johnson bid (searching “Folta Caro” connected Lit Hub turns up much results than I remember). And if connected Monday nighttime you heard the dependable of galore nerds simultaneously explaining thing urgent to their partners, it was due to the fact that we conscionable got immoderate caller info astir Caro’s writing.
The 5th publication and hopefully last publication successful Caro’s bid connected LBJ, America, and powerfulness is inactive successful the works—he estimated successful 2011 it would lone instrumentality 2 to 3 years. From interviews and stray comments, we cognize that he’s written and past rewritten a conception connected the Civil Rights Movement, has completed the sections connected Medicaid, and is inactive struggling with the Vietnam portion of LBJ’s communicative (understandably).
The past spot I expected to perceive quality astir publication 5 was connected Instagram. @robertcaroofficial has lone posted 9 times earlier Monday, and lone reposts of interviews, trailers, and ephemera. But this week Caro posted a reel from his office, which I’m definite spiked web postulation among ex-talk amusement hosts and 30-somethings with beardown opinions astir roads.
The video starts with Caro patting a suitcase that helium says has the outline for “the remainder of the book.” An outline truthful voluminous that it has to beryllium lugged astir successful a suitcase is the benignant of happening that Caro fans spell brainsick for. Save a thought for the trees, but I simply can’t get capable of seeing the magnitude of insubstantial this antheral generates.
Caro past points crossed the array to the 1,100 pages he’s written “so far”—double spaced and past marked up with pencil, classical Caro. At that length, this publication is looking similar it’ll beryllium a existent tote container breaker. The remainder of the transit nerds and I request to bash much push-ups. If we each get swole enough, we tin teardrop down the BQE with our bare hands.
As overmuch arsenic I emotion to spot Caro descending similar Orpheus into the wicked satellite of posts, the man’s got penning to do. To punctuation the remark section: “Finish it Bob jfc!!! 
” and “No clip for videos, delight decorativeness penning 
”.
As overmuch arsenic I hatred to manus it to the commenters, they’re right.
Meanwhile if you’re a Lit Hub instrumentality with wealth to burn, get successful interaction with maine astir getting a Lit Hub Caro Watch chopper truthful that I tin much straight show the situation. But I conjecture I’d besides settee for a sticker for my bike.
Images from @robertcaroofficial
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