FBI Codename TENNPAR: Tennessee's Ray Blanton Years
Nashville, TN: Pine Hall Press, 1985. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 494, illus., index, DJ somewhat scuffed: small edge tears. Inscribed by the author (Hank Hillin). More
Nashville, TN: Pine Hall Press, 1985. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 494, illus., index, DJ somewhat scuffed: small edge tears. Inscribed by the author (Hank Hillin). More
New York, NY: Seaver Books, Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. ix, [3], 240, [4] p. Illustrations. Chronology. Index. More
Washington, DC: FBI, 1957. 8-1/2" x 11", 1, letter folded in thirds, some soiling and wrinkling to top third of letter. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. Third Printing. Hardcover. 374, glossary, bibliography, appendices, index, rear board somewhat stained, 3 small pin-prick holes at spine. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. In June 1935, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI, where he remained director for 37 years until his death in May 1972. Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List. Later in life and after his death, Hoover became a controversial figure as charges of abuses of power began to surface. Hoover was concerned about what he claimed was subversion, and under his leadership, the FBI investigated tens of thousands of suspected subversives and radicals. According to critics, Hoover tended to exaggerate the dangers of these alleged subversives and many times overstepped his bounds in his pursuit of eliminating that perceived threat. Due to the FBI's aggressive targeting, by 1957 CPUSA membership had dwindled to less than 10,000, of whom some 1,500 were informants for the FBI. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. Third Printing. Hardcover. 374 pages. Glossary, bibliography, appendices, index, small scratches to fore-edge, DJ worn & soiled: small tears, small chips missing. Presentation copy inscribed to Dr. John H. Hazard, signed by the author. also contains an invitation to Dr. Hazard from J. Edgar Hoover. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. In June 1935, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI, where he remained director for 37 years until his death in May 1972. Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List. Later in life and after his death, Hoover became a controversial figure as charges of abuses of power began to surface. Hoover was concerned about what he claimed was subversion, and under his leadership, the FBI investigated tens of thousands of suspected subversives and radicals. According to critics, Hoover tended to exaggerate the dangers of these alleged subversives and many times overstepped his bounds in his pursuit of eliminating that perceived threat. Due to the FBI's aggressive targeting, by 1957 CPUSA membership had dwindled to less than 10,000, of whom some 1,500 were informants for the FBI. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. Tenth Printing. Hardcover. 374, glossary, bibliography, appendices, index, some wear to board corners and spine edges. No dust jacket present. Inscribed by the author. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. In June 1935, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI, where he remained director for 37 years until his death in May 1972. Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List. Later in life and after his death, Hoover became a controversial figure as charges of abuses of power began to surface. Hoover was concerned about what he claimed was subversion, and under his leadership, the FBI investigated tens of thousands of suspected subversives and radicals. According to critics, Hoover tended to exaggerate the dangers of these alleged subversives and many times overstepped his bounds in his pursuit of eliminating that perceived threat. Due to the FBI's aggressive targeting, by 1957 CPUSA membership had dwindled to less than 10,000, of whom some 1,500 were informants for the FBI. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Twelfth Printing. Hardcover. 374, glossary, bibliography, appendices, index, some wear to board corners and spine edges. No dust jacket present. Inscribed by the author. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. In June 1935, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI, where he remained director for 37 years until his death in May 1972. Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List. Later in life and after his death, Hoover became a controversial figure as charges of abuses of power began to surface. Hoover was concerned about what he claimed was subversion, and under his leadership, the FBI investigated tens of thousands of suspected subversives and radicals. According to critics, Hoover tended to exaggerate the dangers of these alleged subversives and many times overstepped his bounds in his pursuit of eliminating that perceived threat. Due to the FBI's aggressive targeting, by 1957 CPUSA membership had dwindled to less than 10,000, of whom some 1,500 were informants for the FBI. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1958. Fourth Printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 374 pages. Glossary. Bibliography of Major Communist "Classics". Appendices. Index. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips, and is price clipped and in a plastic sleeve. John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Calvin Coolidge appointed Hoover as director of the Bureau of Investigation, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. In June 1935, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI, where he remained director for 37 years until his death in May 1972. Hoover expanded the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency and instituted a number of modernizations to policing technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover also established and expanded a national blacklist, referred to as the FBI Index or Index List. Later in life and after his death, Hoover became a controversial figure as charges of abuses of power began to surface. Hoover was concerned about what he claimed was subversion, and under his leadership, the FBI investigated tens of thousands of suspected subversives and radicals. According to critics, Hoover tended to exaggerate the dangers of these alleged subversives and many times overstepped his bounds in his pursuit of eliminating that perceived threat. Due to the FBI's aggressive targeting, by 1957 CPUSA membership had dwindled to less than 10,000, of whom some 1,500 were informants for the FBI. More
Washington, DC: U.S. Information Agency, 1960. 19 cm, 14, wraps. More
New York: Random House, 2003. Second Printing. 250, illus., index. More
New York: Random House, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 250 pages. Illus., index, some soiling to DJ. Signed by the author (Horwitz). More
New York: Random House, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. 250, illus., index, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeve. More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, c1992. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 370 pages. Illus., index, Hosansky's business card laid in. Letter autographed by both authors laid in. More
New York: W. Morrow, 1969. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 25 cm, 522 pages. Illus., index, front board somewhat weak, DJ somewhat worn and soiled, small edge tear to DJ. Signed by the author. More
New York: Macmillan, [1971]. First Printing. 23 cm, 262, heavily underlined and annotated, pencil erasure residue on front endpaper. More
New York: The New American Library, 1967. First Printing. 181, illus., index, DJ somewhat creased & soiled, small tears to DJ. Inscribed by the author. More
New York: The New American Library, 1967. First Printing. Hardcover. [10], 181, [1] pages. Illustrations. Index. Some foxing to fore-edge. DJ somewhat soiled and small tears, DJ in plastic sleeve. Inscribed by the author. The author was an American scientist who for six years led a double life as a spy for Russia and a counterspy for the FBI. More
[New York]: New American Library, [1967]. First Printing. 22 cm, 181, illus., front DJ flap price clipped. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1993. Reprint. Later printing. Mass-market paperback. 592 p. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. xiv, [2], 555, [5] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings, damp stains & waviness to text, damp stains inside boards. Pencil notes inside rear board, DJ in plastic sleeve, small tears and wear to plastic sleeve. Henry Hurt the investigative reporter published his book, Reasonable Doubt: An Investigation into the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1986. The book included an interview with Robert W. Easterling. In 1974 Easterling was committed to a mental institution. The following year he got in touch with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his knowledge of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Although interviewed by the Secret Service several times between 1974 and 1982, Easterling felt his story was not being fully investigated. He therefore contacted Hurt. Robert W. Easterling told Hurt that he had been recruited by Manuel Rivera to drive Lee Harvey Oswald from Dallas on the day of the assassination. Easterling claimed that David Ferrie, Jack Ruby and Clay Shaw had been involved in this conspiracy. Easterling also told Hurt that Rivera had been the gunman who killed Kennedy. Rivera used a 7-mm Czech-made automatic rather than the Mannlicher-Carcano that had been planted in the Texas Book Depository to implicate Oswald. Easterling decided not to take part in this conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy and instead fled to Jackson, Mississippi. On 21st November, 1963, Easterling informed the FBI in Washington of the plot. He was told they knew of the conspiracy. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1986. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 24 cm. xiv, [2], 555, [5] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Henry Hurt the investigative reporter published his book, Reasonable Doubt: An Investigation into the Assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1986. The book included an interview with Robert W. Easterling. In 1974 Easterling was committed to a mental institution. The following year he got in touch with the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his knowledge of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Although interviewed by the Secret Service several times between 1974 and 1982, Easterling felt his story was not being fully investigated. He therefore contacted Hurt. Robert W. Easterling told Hurt that he had been recruited by Manuel Rivera to drive Lee Harvey Oswald from Dallas on the day of the assassination. Easterling claimed that David Ferrie, Jack Ruby and Clay Shaw had been involved in this conspiracy. Easterling also told Hurt that Rivera had been the gunman who killed Kennedy. Rivera used a 7-mm Czech-made automatic rather than the Mannlicher-Carcano that had been planted in the Texas Book Depository to implicate Oswald. Easterling decided not to take part in this conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy and instead fled to Jackson, Mississippi. On 21st November, 1963, Easterling informed the FBI in Washington of the plot. He was told they knew of the conspiracy. More
New York: Reader's Digest Press, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1981. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 301, [5] pages. Footnotes. Appendix. Index. DJ worn,with tears to top and bottom edges of DJ. The author was a former newspaperman and a roving editor for Reader's Digest. A former Soviet naval captain who was stationed in Gdynia, Poland in 1959. He fell in love with a Polish woman, Ewa Gora. With Navy restrictions and Gora's family's anticommunism making marriage appear impossible, the two defected by commandeering a naval launch to Sweden. The Central Intelligence Agency then brought Shadrin and Gora to the United States. Shadrin's information proved particularly useful to the Office of Naval Intelligence. Working with the ONI under new identities, Shadrin gained an M.A. and Ph.D. in engineering, and Gora opened a dental practice. Shadrin was engaged in various counter-intelligence assignments during the Cold War after being approached by the KGB in 1966. He disappeared on assignment in Vienna, Austria in December 1975, apparently kidnapped by KGB agents. Later, Oleg Kalugin stated that Shadrin had died an accidental death during the kidnapping, apparently of a heart attack. More
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. 262, notes, bibliography, index, DJ slightly worn and soiled. More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1943. Reprint. Fourth printing. Hardcover. 306 p. 22 cm. More