1895-1972

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1895-1972

The lobotomist

a maverick medical genius and his tragic quest to rid the world of mental illness
2005

Edmund Wilson

a biography
1995

The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.

from "Solo" to Memphis
1981
Discusses abuses of power by the FBI and other administration officials in their electronic surveillance and harassment of Dr. King.

Master of deceit

J. Edgar Hoover and America in the age of lies
2012
Examines the legacy and the power held by J. Edgar Hoover during his years as the first director of the FBI and describes how his decisions affected the lives of Americans in the twentieth century.

Edmund Wilson revisited

1998
Presents an overview of the life and work of New Jersey critic, historian, journalist, and creative writer Edmund Wilson, discussing the themes and interests that characterize his writing, and includes a chronology, notes, and selected bibliography.

Black Americans

the FBI files
1994
Focuses on the files of surveillance on African Americans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The family

the real story of the Bush dynasty
2004
A biography of the Bush family that focuses on Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush and Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, describing their personal lives and political careers.

Secrecy and power

the life of J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Explores the life and turbulent times of the lawman who served as Director of the F.B.I. from 1924 to 1972.

The fifties

from notebooks and diaries of the period
1986

Young J. Edgar

Hoover, the Red Scare, and the assault on civil liberties
2007

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