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Author Ackerman, Kenneth D.

Title Young J. Edgar : Hoover, the Red Scare, and the assault on civil liberties / Kenneth D. Ackerman.

Publication Info. New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B HOOVER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-HOOVER ACK    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 HOOVER, EDG    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-HOOVER, J.    Check Shelf
Edition First Carroll and Graf edition.
Description 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Denials -- pt. 1. Bombs -- 2. Bombs -- pt. 2. Edgar -- 3. Edgar -- 4. Bureaucrats -- 5. Race riots -- 6. Racial division -- 7. Reds -- 8. Strikes -- 9. Partners -- pt. 3. The first raid -- 10. Thrombosis -- 11. New York -- 12. Emma -- 13. The first raid -- 14. Centralia -- 15. Criminal court -- pt. 4. "Parlor Bolsheviks" -- 16. Harvard -- 17. Post -- 18. Free speech -- pt. 5. The big raid -- 19. The Buford -- 20. Demands -- 21. Final plans -- 22. Chicago -- 23. The big raid -- pt. 6. Chaos -- 24. Chaos -- 25. Lloyd -- 26. Hearings -- 27.. Triumph -- 28. Cheated -- pt. 7. Resistance -- 29. Darrow -- 30. Paterson -- 31. Candidate -- 32. Double cross -- 33. Boston -- 34. Truss -- 35. Plain words -- 36. Reaction -- 37. Impeachment -- 38. Communist labor -- 39. Gagged -- 40. Salsedo -- pt. 8. Exposure -- 41. Day in court -- 42. Payback -- 43. Not guilty -- 44. Twelve lawyers -- 45. Palmer -- pt. 9. Verdicts -- 46. Politics -- 47. Verdict -- 48. Empire -- 49. Walsh -- 50. Stone -- 51. Survivor -- 52. Fooled -- pt. 10. Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0786717750
9780786717750
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