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Author Hersh, Burton.

Title Bobby and J. Edgar : the historic face-off between the Kennedys and J. Edgar Hoover that transformed America / Burton Hersh.

Publication Info. New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.922 HERSH    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY KENNEDY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.922 HERSH    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.922 HERSH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.922 HER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.922 H43    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  973.922 HERSH    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.922 HER    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  973.922 HERSH    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  973.922 HERSH    Check Shelf
Edition First Carroll and Graf edition.
Description x, 612 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-592) and index.
Contents Prelude to power -- Hiding Joe -- The legacy -- Two confidence men -- Gangster values -- Tail gunner Joe -- Roy -- Pillow talk -- The taste of blood -- Power -- Hoffa -- The gas in the room -- It's Bobby! -- Panther piss -- The little man -- Jack's hair would have turned white -- First Ethel, now us -- The glamour preacher -- A wall-banger of a date -- Roy Cohn redux -- The patsy -- The aftermath of power -- The Hamlet stage -- And so he gave them that -- The kibosh of those Jaspers.
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.
Subject Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Attorneys general -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Biography.
Government executives -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969.
ISBN 9780786719822
0786719826
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