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Description
In 1919, when J. Edgar Hoover was 24 years old, a New York City postal clerk discovered sixteen bombs wrapped in individual packages — America's first instance of homegrown terrorism. Then-Attorney General Palmer vowed a crackdown and enlisted Hoover as his deputy. Amid the hysteria, details... read more
First Sentence
THE DOOR CLOSED and J. Edgar Hoover found himself alone with his boss, Harlan Fiske Stone, the new attorney general of the United States.
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Authors & Contributors
- Kenneth D. Ackerman (Author)
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