SYNOPSIS: During her brief, incandescent life, almost everybody lied about Marilyn Monroe, and she did some of the fabricating. CONTENTS: Acknowledgments Part I Into the Land of the Scorpions Part II The DiMaggio Disaster Part III Broken Marriage-Broken Mind Part IV Marilyn and the Kennedy Brothers Part V The Candle Burns Down Part VI Aftermath Bibliography Notes Index Photo Credits. JACKET DESIGN BY: Anthony Russo, The Artworks.
JACKET PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED BY: James Robert Haspiel. SUB-TITLE: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased Moderately Chipped Moderate Yellowing Due to Age Spine Portion Heavily Faded Due to Sun Exposure In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. "An important book that should give us all pause, especially policy makers." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "Summers' book is not just a history of a single hero-sized hypocrite, it is a history of a vast national delusion.BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped Light Shelf Rub to Boards Edges Moderately Soiled Moderate Yellowing Due to Age.
Edgar Hoover plumbs the depths of a man who possessed-and abused-enormous power as the director of the FBI for fifty years, persecuting political enemies, blackmailing politicians, and living his own surprising secret life, haunted by paranoia (Paul Theroux). We rush on through narrative as if we were reading an artful thriller." - The New York Times "An awesome work, with the power of a plea as from Zola for justice." -Los Angeles Times Official and Confidential: This "enthralling" New York Times– bestselling portrait of J. "Convincing evidence of a crude but effective cover-up which was designed to protect Robert Kennedy." - The Times Literary Supplement Not in Your Lifetime: Updated fifty years after the JFK assassination, Summers's extensively researched account is comprehensive and candid, shedding new light on Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby in particular, providing "the closest we have to that literary chimera, a definitive work on the events in Dallas" ( The Boston Globe ). Goddess: In this "remarkable" New York Times– bestselling biography of the iconic star's brief life and tragic end, Summers establishes, after years of rumors, that President Kennedy and his brother Robert were both intimately involved with Monroe in life-and in covering up the circumstances of her death ( The New York Times). Kennedy, and the career of infamous FBI director J. In these three exposés, Summers uncovers the truth behind the myth-making, cover-ups, and lies surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe, the assassination of John F. New York Times– bestselling author Anthony Summers was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for his acclaimed account of the 9/11 attacks, The Eleventh Day. Marilyn, JFK, Hoover: Three provocative works of investigative journalism by a New York Times– bestselling author and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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