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Vendetta [large print] : Bobby Kennedy versus Jimmy Hoffa / by James Neff.

Neff, James. (Author).

Summary:

"One of America's greatest investigative reporters brings to life the gripping, no-holds-barred clash of two American titans: Robert Kennedy and his nemesis Jimmy Hoffa. From 1957 to 1964, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa channeled nearly all of their considerable powers into destroying each other. Kennedy's battle with Hoffa burst into the public consciousness with the 1957 Senate Rackets Committee hearings and intensified when his brother named him attorney general in 1961. RFK put together a 'Get Hoffa' squad within the Justice Department, devoted to destroying one man. But Hoffa, with nearly unlimited Teamster funds, was not about to roll over. Drawing upon a treasure trove of previously secret and undisclosed documents, James Neff has crafted a brilliant, heart-pounding epic of crime and punishment, a saga of venom and relentlessness and two men willing to do anything to demolish each other"--From publisher's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781410484680
  • ISBN: 1410484688
  • Physical Description: 579 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 > Adversaries.
Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913- > Adversaries.
United States. Congress. Senate > Biography.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Labor unions > United States > Officials and employees > Biography.
Labor unions > Corrupt practices > United States > History > 20th century.
Organized crime > United States > History > 20th century.
Vendetta > United States > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Large print books.
Biographies.

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