Vendetta
Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
In a book based on newly released documents, the author sheds a new light on the historic battle between U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa during the Senate Rackets Committee hearings and beyond during 1957 to 1964.
Contents:
Prologue: Dark forces -- The blinding -- Life is a jungle -- Jump off the Capitol -- Lucky bastard -- The first face-off -- Hoffa for president -- Mafia conclave -- Keep the pressure on -- Promising leads -- Primary opponent -- Nixon's favor -- Get Hoffa squad -- A brazen girl -- Planting a snitch -- Trouble at home -- Get to the jury -- Epilogue: In love with night.
Subjects:
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-
Hoffa, James P., 1941-
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.
Labor unions -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Labor unions -- United States.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913-
Hoffa, James P., 1941-
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field.
Labor unions -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Labor unions -- United States.
ISBN:
9780316738347
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US Modern Nef | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US Modern Nef | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and index.