Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies
Marc Aronson$22.09
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A fascinating and timely biography of J. Edgar Hoover from a Sibert Medalist. "King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. . . . You better take it before your filthy, abnormal, fraudulent self is bared to the nation."
Dr. Martin Luther King received this demand in an anonymous letter in 1964. He believed that the letter was telling him to commit suicide. Who wrote this anonymous letter? The FBI. And the man behind it all was J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's first director. In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century, accomplished historian Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Bureau- his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world. Hoover may have given America the security it wanted, but the secrets he knew gave him -- and the Bureau -- all the power he wanted. Using photographs, cartoons, movie posters, and FBI transcripts, Master of Deceit gives readers the necessary evidence to make their own conclusions. Here is a book about the twentieth century that blazes with questions and insights about our choices in the twenty-first. Back matter includes an epilogue, an author's note, source notes, a bibliography, and an index.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 04/10/2012
ISBN: 9780763650254
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.80w x 1.30d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2012 pg. 283
Publishers Weekly 02/20/2012 pg. 170
School Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 180
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2012 pg. 86 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 04/15/2012 pg. 52
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2012 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 173 - Superior,Well Above Average
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 48
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150643 / Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies
Reading Level: 9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9
Dr. Martin Luther King received this demand in an anonymous letter in 1964. He believed that the letter was telling him to commit suicide. Who wrote this anonymous letter? The FBI. And the man behind it all was J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI's first director. In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century, accomplished historian Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Bureau- his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world. Hoover may have given America the security it wanted, but the secrets he knew gave him -- and the Bureau -- all the power he wanted. Using photographs, cartoons, movie posters, and FBI transcripts, Master of Deceit gives readers the necessary evidence to make their own conclusions. Here is a book about the twentieth century that blazes with questions and insights about our choices in the twenty-first. Back matter includes an epilogue, an author's note, source notes, a bibliography, and an index.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 04/10/2012
ISBN: 9780763650254
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.80w x 1.30d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2012 pg. 283
Publishers Weekly 02/20/2012 pg. 170
School Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 180
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2012 pg. 86 - Recommended - Readable
Booklist 04/15/2012 pg. 52
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2012 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 173 - Superior,Well Above Average
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2012 pg. 48
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150643 / Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies
Reading Level: 9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9