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Author:
Oliver, Willard M,.
Title:
The birth of the FBI : Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the fight over America's premier law enforcement agency / Willard M. Oliver.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
329 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Roosevelt, Theodore--1858-1919.
Tawney, James A--(James Albertus),--1855-1919.
United States--Congress--History--20th century.
United States--Federal Bureau of Investigation--History--20th century.
United States--Secret Service--History--20th century.
Public land sales--United States--History--20th century.
Law enforcement--History--United States--History--20th century.
Political corruption--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1901-1909.
Other Authors:
Oliver, Willard M., author., Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019].
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: The Bureau of Investigation -- Federal law enforcement -- Pinkerton's detectives -- Counterfeiters -- Assassinations -- Secret Service -- President Roosevelt -- Conservation -- Land thieves -- Chairman Tawney -- The Bureau of Investigation -- Born in controversy -- The battle over the Bureau -- Sore losers & petty politics -- The aftermath -- Epilogue: The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Summary:
"Teddy Roosevelt, the Secret Service, and the Birth of the FBI traces the roots of the struggle between President Roosevelt and Congressman Tawney in the creation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1442265035
9781442265035
LCCN:
2018054400
Locations:
DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)
HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
PGAX715 -- Northwest Iowa Community College Library - Sheldon (Sheldon)

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