The Vendetta FBI Hero Melvin Purvis's War Against Crime, and J. Edgar Hoover's War Against Him |
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| Author:
| Purvis, Alston
Tresniowski, Alex |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58648-301-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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His son tells the life story of Melvin Purvis, once an iconic G-man and public hero, who was destroyed not by the famous villains of the 1930s but by the jealousy of his boss, J. Edgar Hoover.
His son tells the life story of Melvin Purvis, once an iconic G-man and public hero, who was destroyed not by the famous villains of the 1930s but by the jealousy of his boss, J. Edgar Hoover.