James Hoffa
Author of Hoffa: The Real Story
About the Author
Image credit: Photo by John Bottega: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-117434) (cropped)
Works by James Hoffa
Associated Works
On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Contributor — 114 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Hoffa, James Riddle
- Other names
- HOFFA, James Riddle
HOFFA, Jimmy - Birthdate
- 1913-02-14
- Date of death
- declared legally dead in 1982
- Burial location
- with the fishes
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brazil, Indiana, USA
- Places of residence
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Occupations
- teamster
union leader
author - Relationships
- Brod, Ruth (literary agent)
- Organizations
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Members
Reviews
Hoffa: The Real Story by James Hoffa
This is an autobiography of Jimmy Hoffa. As such, it is very hard to piece together what is objectively true and what is Hoffa's opinions on the topics at hand. I'm no stranger to unreliable narrators, but in a fiction story the author will often give tips or nods as to what is the true story. I went into this book without a background in the history of Hoffa, and I have no real idea of what was real and what wasn't. What I do know is that Hoffa is an entertaining story-teller and he really hated Bobby Kennedy.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 3
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 37
- Popularity
- #390,572
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 2
- Favorited
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