{"product_id":"g-man-pulitzer-prize-winner-j-edgar-hoover-and-the-making-of-the-american-century","title":"G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner): J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eG-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner): J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBeverly Gage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593511466\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e896\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow in paperback, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of J Edgar Hoover deemed \"Masterful...an enduring, formidable accomplishment, a monument to the power of biography [that] now becomes the definitive work\"by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e(and everywhere else)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Revelatory...an acknowledgment of the complexities that made Hoover who he was, while charging the turbulent currents that eventually swept him aside.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eG-Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. Hoover transformed a scandal-riddled law-enforcement backwater, into a modern machine--one just as oppressive as it was promising. He rose to power and then stayed there, decade after decade, using the tools of the state to create a personal fiefdom unrivaled in U.S. history. Beverly Gage's monumental work explores the full sweep of Hoover's life and career, from his birth in 1895 to a modest Washington civil-service family to a strongarm for white supremacists and the politicized Christian right, serving eight presidents. \u003ci\u003eG-Man \u003c\/i\u003eplaces Hoover back where he once stood in American political history--not at the fringes, but at the center--and uses his story to explain the trajectories of governance, policing, race, ideology, political culture, and federal power as they evolved over the course of the 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biography\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gage's penetrating account of Hoover's career, especially his many long-eclipsed triumphs, offers a well-timed and sobering perspective as yet another institution in our fractured country struggles to maintain trust.\" \u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gage's triumph is her deft navigation through Hoover's 'deep state, ' while reminding us of the abuse of power that remains his enduring legacy.\"\u003cb\u003e--The \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner): J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century | Beverly Gage | Paperback | 9780593511466 | New | Biography 1559498","offer_id":50581263581442,"sku":"1559498","price":43.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91s6NXR750L.jpg?v=1791004116","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/g-man-pulitzer-prize-winner-j-edgar-hoover-and-the-making-of-the-american-century","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}