Front-Page Detective: William J. Burns and the Detective Profession, 1880-1930
Hardback Published on: 15/06/1997
Price: £32.50
Synopsis
William J. Burns (1880-1930) was the immediate succor of J. Edgar Hoover at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had taken the director's job when Warren Harding was elected and appointed Burns' friend, Harry Daugherty, as Attorney General. Both Daugherty and Burns misused their offices and were forced to resign.
Publisher information
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- ISBN: 9780879724955