FEED DROP: America's Book Club with Beverly Gage

About this episode

Beverly Gage discusses her biography of J. Edgar Hoover and her travels to historic sites across the U.S.

Historian and Yale University Professor Beverly Gage joined David M. Rubenstein to discuss her Pulitzer Prize winning biography of former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and her road trip across the U.S. to visit historic sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David M. Rubenstein

Guest: Beverly Gage

Topics covered

• biography
• history
• FBI
• J. Edgar Hoover
• Pulitzer Prize
• historic sites
• road trip

Keywords

• Beverly Gage
• J. Edgar Hoover
• biography
• FBI
• Pulitzer Prize
• historic sites
• road trip

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yale University

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