Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Gordon L. Dillow The Title is The Director : My Years Assisting J. Edgar Hoover Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 320. Category - Biography & Autobiography Product Description - The first book ever written about FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover by a member of his personal staff-his former assistant, Paul Letersky-offers unprecedented, "clear-eyed and compelling" Mark Olshaker, coauthor of Mindhunter insight into an American legend. The 1960s and 1970s were arguably among America's most turbulent post-Civil War decades. While the Vietnam War continued seemingly without end, protests and riots ravaged most cities, the Kennedys and MLK were assassinated, and corruption found its way to the highest levels of politics, culminating in Watergate. In 1965, at the beginning of the chaos, twenty-two-year-old Paul Letersky was assigned to assist the legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover who'd just turned seventy and had, by then, led the Bureau for an incredible forty-one years. Hoover was a rare and complex man who walked confidently among the most powerful. His personal privacy was more tightly guarded than the secret "files" he carefully collected-and that were so feared by politicians and celebrities. Through Letersky's close working relationship with Hoover, and the trust and confidence he gained from Hoover's most loyal senior assistant, Helen Gandy, Paul became one of the few able to enter the Director's secretive-and sometimes perilous-world. Since Hoover's death half a century ago, millions of words have been written about the man and hundreds of hours of TV dramas and A-list Hollywood films produced. But until now, there has been virtually no account from someone who, for a period of years, spent hours with the Director on a daily basis. Balanced, honest, and keenly observed, this "vivid, foibles-and-all portrait of the fabled scourge of gangsters, Klansmen, and communists" The Wall Street Journal sheds new light on one of the most powerful law enforcement figures in American history. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167671833
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Book Title: Director : My Years Assisting J. Edgar Hoover
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Espionage, Law Enforcement
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Author: Paul Letersky
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
