| Record Number |
809891 |
| ISBN |
9781101908044 (hardback) |
| 1101908041 (hardback) |
| Author |
Ellroy, James, 1948- author. |
| Title |
The underworld U.S.A. trilogy. Volume I, American tabloid ; The cold six thousand / James Ellroy ; with an introduction by Thomas Mallon. |
| Publisher/Date |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Pagination etc. |
xxxi, 1144 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The underworld U.S.A. trilogy 1-2 |
| Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) 389 |
| Contents note |
American tabloid ; The cold six thousand. |
| Summary Note |
American Tabloid: Offers a story of the dark secrets behind Kennedy's election and assassination, the Bay of Pigs, and the roles of the underworld, the CIA, Howard Hughes, Hoover, and three renegade law-enforcement officers. |
| The cold six thousand: Arriving in 1963 Dallas, Vegas cop Wayne Tedrow Jr. becomes swept up in the cover-up conspiracy surrounding JFK's assassination, an event that marks the beginning of his association with Howard Hughes, the Klan, J. Edgar Hoover, Vietnam, and more. |
| Subject |
Law enforcement -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- Fiction |
| Political corruption -- United States -- Fiction |
| Nineteen sixties -- Fiction |
| United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969 -- Fiction |
| Political fiction. |
| Added Author |
Mallon, Thomas, 1951- writer of introduction. |
| Ellroy, James, 1948- American tabloid. |
| Ellroy, James, 1948- Cold six-thousand. |
| Shelf Location |
F ELLR |
