Robert Caro will add yet another item to his groaning literary trophy cabinet in April when he collects the New-York Historical Society’s American History Book Prize for “Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power,†the fourth volume in his continuing biography of the 36th president. The award, previously won by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ron Chernow and Drew Gilpin Faust, among others, comes with a $50,000 prize, an engraved medal and the title “American Historian Laureate.â€
Mr. Caro is already the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, one National Book Award, and the National Humanities Medal, bestowed by President Obama in 2010. The laest honor will be bestowed at a black-tie gala in New York City during the historical society’s annual “Weekend With History†Event.
