J. Edgar Hoover

  • J. Edgar Hoover: Powerful FBI Director
    J. Edgar Hoover: Powerful FBI Director
    By Thomas Streissguth, Tom Streissguth

    Discusses the life and controversy of J. Edgar Hoover, former chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  • J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets
    J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets
    By Curt Gentry

    The book reveals how Hoover helped create McCarthyism, blackmailed the Kennedy brothers, and influenced the Supreme Court; how he retarded the civil rights movement and forged connections with mobsters; as well as insight into the Watergate ...

  • J. Edgar Hoover: The Man in His Time
    J. Edgar Hoover: The Man in His Time
    By Ralph de Toledano

    The first objective biography about the man whose name is synonymous with the FBI. Generally sympathetic but not uncritical, veteran newsman Ralph de Toledano unveils Hoover's life from birth to...

  • J. Edgar Hoover: Controversial FBI Director
    J. Edgar Hoover: Controversial FBI Director
    By Kevin Cunningham

    A biography of the man who transformed the Federal Bureau of Investigation into and outstanding law enforcement agency.

  • J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
    J. Edgar Hoover: A Graphic Biography
    By Rick Geary

    Presents a graphic biography of former director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, who served under eight presidents from Calvin Coolidge to Richard Nixon.