Front Page Detective: William J. Burns and the Detective Profession, 1880-1930

By William R. Hunt

Book Overview

William J. Burns (1880-1930) was the immediate succor of J. Edgar Hoover at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had taken the director's job when Warren Harding was elected and appointed Burns' friend, Harry Daugherty, as Attorney General. Both Daugherty and Burns misused their offices and were forced to resign.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879724951
• ISBN13: 9780879724955
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Popular Press 1
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.3"