"J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets." Curt Gentry. Norton. $29.95.
In a richly textured biography of the former FBI director who died in 1972, Gentry, coauthor of "Helter Skelter," takes a decidedly unfriendly look at the man and his career, revealing how Hoover found his niche in life as a "hunter of men," served under 10 presidents over a period of five decades, creating what Eleanor Roosevelt characterized as an American Gestapo.
We're shown Hoover scheming to help Thomas Dewey replace Harry Truman in the White House in return for a promise that he would be appointed attorney general; making use of secret information on Sen. Joseph McCarthy while at …
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