Courtesy: Library of Congress J. Edgar Hoover lived in Washington, D.C. all his life. In 1895 he was born in a white, Protestant, middle-class neighborhood known as Seward Square, three blocks ...

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Another book does take a frank look at Hoover's homosexuality. Anthony Summers wrote "Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover," published by Victor Gollancz Books.

While the FBI never launched a formal investigation of Eleanor Roosevelt, FBI references to her comprise one of the largest single files in J. Edgar ... threats to her life on the grounds of ...