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Bobby and J. Edgar : the historic face-off between the Kennedys and J. Edgar Hoover that transformed America / Burton Hersh.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.K4 H47 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hersh, Burton.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
- Kennedy, Robert F.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Attorneys general--United States--Biography.
- Attorneys general.
- United States.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
- Hoover, J. Edgar.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Biography.
- Government executives--United States--Biography.
- Government executives.
- United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
- Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.
- Kennedy, Joseph P.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 612 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Carroll and Graf edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007.
- Summary:
- An evaluation of the complex relationship between the Kennedy family and the FBI director traces their shared political years through their parallel rises and controversial deaths and considers the roles played by such figures as Joe McCarthy and Martin Luther King.
- Contents:
- Book 1 The Prelude to Power 1
- 1 Hiding Joe 3
- 2 The Legacy 18
- 3 Two Confidence Men 45
- 4 Gangster Values 66
- 5 Tail Gunner Joe 94
- 6 Roy 110
- 7 Pillow Talk 132
- 8 The Taste of Blood 153
- Book 2 Power 169
- 9 Hoffa 171
- 10 The Gas in the Room 189
- 11 It's Bobby! 208
- 12 Panther Piss 224
- 13 The Little Man 252
- 14 Jack's Hair Would Have Turned White 276
- 15 First Ethel, Now Us 306
- 16 The Glamour Preacher 333
- 17 A Wall-Banger of a Date 360
- 18 Roy Cohn Redux 388
- 19 The Patsy 408
- Book 3 The Aftermath of Power 445
- 20 The Hamlet Stage 447
- 21 And So He Gave Them That 471
- 22 The Kibosh on Those Jaspers 492.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786719822
- 0786719826
- OCLC:
- 123915891
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