The Director: An oral biography of J. Edgar Hoover

by Ovid Demaris

Book Overview

J. Edgar Hoover was the Director of the FBI for 48 years from May 10, 1924 until his death on May 2, 1972. During most of that time, the view the general public had of Hoover was much as if he had... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061219517
• ISBN13: 9780061219511
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Harper's Magazine Press
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Director

Untold numbers of words have been written about Hoover, but the public record is so replete with distortions, embellishments, alf-truths and outright lies that it will be many years before anyone can produce a definitive biography. Ovid demaris has taken an important step toward defining Hoover and the role he played in the life of the nation. Using the interviewing technique which Merle Miller used to such great advantage in "Plain Speakaing". his best selling study of Harry Truman, Demaris receives startlingly candid views of the Director from practically everyone who knew him. Demaris fears to ask no question. What emerges in The Director is not only the picture of a man capable of heroism and petty hatreds but a cameo history of Washington politics during the long years of Hoover's reign.