Summary
An account of the 1971 break-in of the FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists cites their roles in triggering major changes in the FBI and confirming that J. Edgar Hoover had run a personal shadow-FBI. Full description
Summary: |
An account of the 1971 break-in of the FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists cites their roles in triggering major changes in the FBI and confirming that J. Edgar Hoover had run a personal shadow-FBI. |
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Physical Description: |
x, 596 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-578) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780307962959 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0307962954 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Author Notes: |
Betty Medsger was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Medsger is a former chair of the Department of Journalism at San Francisco State University and is the founder of its Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism. She is the author of Winds of Change, Framed , and Women at Work . She lives in New York and Connecticut. |