Puppetmaster : the secret life of J. Edgar Hoover
(2004)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/HOOVER,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir BIOGRAPHY/HOOVER,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, CA : New Millennium Press, [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