# 2023 National Book Festival: J. Edgar Hoover's Shadowy Reign with Beverly Gage & James Kirchick

J. Edgar Hoover is perceived nowadays as a dark figure in American politics. But he wasn't always thought of that way. In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book "G-Man," Beverly Gage fairly and thoroughly investigates Hoover's life; in "Secret City," James Kirchick explores the history of homosexuality in Washington, D.C., about which Hoover had something to say. Moderated by David M. Rubenstein.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: National Book Festival (u.s.)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661353/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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