The Secret FBI Dossier
When Frank Sinatra died in 1998, he was one of the most chronicled celebrities ever, but the most unusual record of his life came to light only posthumously: a 1,275-page dossier recording decades of FBI surveillance stemming from J Edgar Hoover's belief that Sinatra had mob or Communist ties. This shadow biography, with information never before presented in book form, details:
- Hoover's search through Sinatra past to see if he got a bogus medical deferment from military service
- Numerous instances of the star's carousing and intemperate behaviour
- The mob's attempts to curry favour with John F Kennedy through Sinatra
This fascinating record of governmental scrutiny will captivate every Sinatra fan, as well as anyone who wants to understand the second half of the American century - the Cold War, popular culture, the cult of celebrity, Camelot, and the FBI's mania for investigating American citizens.
