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In Hoffa's shadow : a stepfather, a disappearance in Detroit, and my search for the truth Cover Image Book Book

In Hoffa's shadow : a stepfather, a disappearance in Detroit, and my search for the truth

Goldsmith, Jack L. (author.).

Summary: Goldsmith revered his stepfather, longtime Jimmy Hoffa associate Chuckie O'Brien. But as he grew older and pursued a career in law and government, he came to doubt and distance himself from the man long suspected by the FBI of perpetrating Hoffa's disappearance on behalf of the mob. Serving as assistant attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, Goldsmith began to reconsider his stepfather, and to understand Hoffa's true legacy. He reunited with the stepfather he'd disowned and then set out to unravel one of the twentieth century;s most persistent mysteries - and Chuckie's role in it --

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780374175658
  • ISBN: 0374175659
  • Physical Description: print
    354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Chuckie and me -- Two loyalties -- Unionism, Hoffa-style -- Bobby, Jimmy, and Chuckie -- Surveillance backup -- The condition -- "He got nuts" -- The disappearance -- Leading suspect -- Tragedy of errors -- Failed vindication -- Omertà.

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Personal Memoirs
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      Athens-Clarke County Library 		NONFIC 331.8811 GOLDSMIT ( Send Text)
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