Not since The F.B.I. Story, a book authored by Don Whitehead in the 1950s which spawned a succesful motion picture starring Jimmy Stewart, has an updated version of the career of an F.B.I. agent been written. The work has changed considerably since the publication of that book. Although Mr. Whitehead's version was somewhat void of humor, the authors of this book have taken the liberty to include some of those humorous occurences which surfaced throughout their careers.
—The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger The story was about his adventures in New York City after he was expelled from prep school. Poor Holden was alienated from everything and everybody, especially middle class pretensions, ...
... 88–89, 99 Hoffman, Warren 104 Holden, Stephen 112 Hollindale, Peter 177 Holmes, Peggy 141 Honk! 218 Hoover, Herbert 141–42, 147–48 Hoover, J. Edgar 145 Hooverville 143–48 Hopkins, Linda 111 “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Bathed in luminous nostalgia, resonating with hilarious and painful memories, FBI GIRL is the coming-of-age story of a highly imaginative girl and a passionate homage to family bonds, the trials that test them, and the triumphs that make ...
This beautifully written novel of American history tells the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged ...
An all-encompassing analysis of the assassination of JFK and its surrounding conspiracy theories draws on forensic evidence, key witness testimonies, and other sources to explain what really happened and why conspiracy theories have become ...
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This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.
Angels in America
C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, william Forsyth, Otto Stark, and Richard Gruelle. This hoosier group mostly painted rural landscapes and had little interest in cities or factories. The best known was t. C. Steele.
Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels—Hell’s Angels, that is—in this short work of nonfiction. “California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw ...