Vendetta, James Neff
Vendetta, James Neff
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Vendetta
Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa

Author: James Neff

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 10 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/07/2015

Synopsis

One of America's greatest investigative reporters brings to life the gripping, no-holds-barred clash of two American titans: Robert Kennedy and his nemesis Jimmy Hoffa.

From 1957 to 1964, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa channeled nearly all of their considerable powers into destroying each other. Kennedy's battle with Hoffa burst into the public consciousness with the 1957 Senate Rackets Committee hearings and intensified when his brother named him attorney general in 1961. RFK put together a "Get Hoffa" squad within the Justice Department, devoted to destroying one man. But Hoffa, with nearly unlimited Teamster funds, was not about to roll over.

Drawing upon a treasure trove of previously secret and undisclosed documents, James Neff has crafted a brilliant, heart-pounding epic of crime and punishment, a saga of venom and relentlessness and two men willing to do anything to demolish each other.

About James Neff

James Neff is a prizewinning investigative journalist and editor. He is the author of five books, including The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case and Unfinished Murder: The Capture of a Serial Rapist, both of which were Edgar Award finalists; Mobbed Up: Jackie Presser's High-Wire Life in the Teamsters, the Mafia, and the FBI, which was adapted into the HBO movie Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story; and Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Neff was a reporter and columnist at the Plain Dealer; a writer and editor at the Seattle Times, where he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; and is currently deputy managing editor for investigations at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steven on September 22, 2015

The title VENDETTA of James Neff’s new book that deals with Robert F. Kennedy’s quest to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice is chilling from the perspective of how unions, organized crime, and businesses colluded to defraud union members, the government, and the general public. Neff begins his story with......more

Goodreads review by William on November 30, 2016

Fairly well about two characters that I had no love for. Should have been 5 stars but I removed two because of two glaring omissions that were relative to his story. 1) the deal that The Kennedys made with big labor to deliver the state Illinois into the JFK electoral column. The payback was signing......more

Goodreads review by Debra on July 26, 2015

BRAVO!! JAMES NEFF IN VANDETTA:BOBBY KENNEDY VS JIMMY HOFFA has taken pages out of history, known and unknown facts and put together a book that tells the tale of a Senator Bobby Kennedy going after one of the US most infamous figures and leader of the Teamsters Union Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa and Kennedy......more

Goodreads review by Tom on November 01, 2015

it was nice to read this after Moldea's Hoffa Wars book. This has more recent scholarship and a different point of view. This underscores how RFK had been after Hoffa since before the JFK administration. Also there are intriguing tie ins suggesting linking Hoffa's Chicago mob cronies with the JFK as......more

Goodreads review by Philip on August 11, 2015

This is historical writing at its pinnacle. Neff shares new insights into the character of Bobby Kennedy and builds tension between the should-have-been-President and his nemesis. I breezed through this book in three evenings, but still felt like I'd been informed and challenged along the way. If yo......more

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