{"product_id":"9780593511466","title":"G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner): J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] crisply written, prodigiously researched, and frequently astonishing new biography”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370659352637,"sku":"9780593511466","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780593511466_p0.jpg?v=1771575607","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780593511466","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}