Puppetmaster : the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover
(2004)
By:
Hack, Richard
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/HOOVER,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, CA : New Millennium Press, [2004]
©2004
©2004
DESCRIPTION
455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1893224872, 9781893224872, 1422362051
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Death of an icon -- To be good is not enough, when you dream of greater things -- Alien threat -- Sex, lies, and the FBI -- The electric wire -- Crimes of the century -- Hooray for Hollywood -- Ascent of power -- A foundation built on sand -- Roses are also red -- A pansy is only a flower -- Civil rights, civil wrongs -- Mobsters and murders -- The emperor has no clothes -- The legacy, the legend
Contrasts the law enforcement achievements of America's one-time most powerful lawman with the hidden secrets of Hoover's private life, which included a series of sexual indiscretions, criminal behavior, and a long-time alliance with the Mafia