Master of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies

by Marc Aronson

Book Overview

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?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763650250
• ISBN13: 9780763650254
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.8" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher