Raymond Torrey, whom he tried to strangle at a State Council of Parks meeting and at whom he then hurled a heavy smoking stand, was a pudgy little bird watcher. Moses had also staged a fist fight with WPA administrator Hugh Johnson in Bernard Baruch's apartment, and Johnson, at the time, was fifty-two -- eight years older than Moses -- and exceedingly drunk.
The Power Broker p 501
Imagine finding out you were name-dropped in what will come to be known as one of the greatest historical biographies of the 20th century and you're all excited and you can't wait to read it and then you get to the part with your name and you find out Caro called you a pudgy little bird watcher
As a Caro enjoyer and pudgy little bird watcher, I would be overjoyed. I'd prefer not to be physically assaulted by Robert Moses, though.
